[Chemist_Geek]

I recently found out that the EMT guys in the ambulances cannot honor a living will in Kentucky. They have their own special form that must be signed and notarized...otherwise they are required by law to try to keep you alive enroute to the hospital. I learned this from working with Hospice.

The easiest way to handle this sort of thing is a tatoo, across the chest.

D - N - R

If one wanted to be really correct, the entire Health Care Advance Directive could be tatooed, but that'd be uncomfortable to say the least.

[JD86]

That is one way to handle the situation...:) I think I'll check with our local EMT guys and see if they would honor it. It isn't a matter of not being informed, like the patient can't tell them. It is actually the law, they must give their best efforts to keep you alive. That's why they have a very special form to cover the situation. I have one client, an elderly man who lives alone, who has his form taped to the outside of his bedroom door. They can't get into the bedroom without seeing the form. I thought that was an awesome idea. I learn from my clients all the time.