Get Texas Polst Form

The Texas POLST form includes several key questions regarding a patient's preferences for medical treatment. These questions typically cover topics like resuscitation wishes, preferences for intubation, and other life-sustaining measures. By answering these questions, patients can clearly communicate their healthcare desires to medical providers, ensuring their wishes are respected in critical situations.

A Texas POLST form can be considered invalid if it is not properly signed by the patient or their authorized representative. Additionally, if the form is not completed according to Texas regulations or if it has expired, it may also lack validity. It's essential to ensure that the Texas POLST form adheres to all legal requirements to ensure your medical wishes are honored.

Patients have a right to participate in medical decision-making regarding their treatment plan. Can an out-of-state POLST form be honored? Generally yes, so long as it is valid (with required signatures and dates). Check with your state contact to confirm (look up at .polst.org/map; click on your state contacts).

The DNR guides Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers and can give EMS permission not to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), whereas a POLST might include a DNR instruction regarding CPR, but provides more instructions regarding additional medical interventions.

This map recognizes the POLST Programs which are active in National POLST activities. Programs which are using the National POLST Form (Arizona, Maine, New Hampshire, Iowa, Alabama) are outlined in dark pink; programs that have adapted the National POLST Form are outlined in medium pink (West Virginia, Alaska, Idaho).

A POLST form is a physician order set that travels with a patient from one place of treatment to another. The form discusses the patient's preferred method of treatment, specifically regarding CPR status, intensity, and use of additional methods like antibiotics.

POLST forms vary from state to state, and may differ in name and structure depending on which state you live in—but they're conceptually the same across all states. Many states do not yet have a POLST form. If your state is not listed below, visit the POLST website to check the status of your state's POLST program.

A POLST form is a physician order set that travels with a patient from one place of treatment to another. The form discusses the patient's preferred method of treatment, specifically regarding CPR status, intensity, and use of additional methods like antibiotics.

This map recognizes the POLST Programs which are active in National POLST activities. Programs which are using the National POLST Form (Arizona, Maine, New Hampshire, Iowa, Alabama) are outlined in dark pink; programs that have adapted the National POLST Form are outlined in medium pink (West Virginia, Alaska, Idaho).