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The MOST or POLST, like the DNR, indicates if they do or don't want CPR, but it also specifies what type of life-prolonging medical interventions they'd want on top of comfort care, if any; under what circumstances they would want to be moved to a hospital and whether they want a feeding tube and if so, for how long.

A South Dakota advance directive is a document that lets a person designate someone else to be their health care agent and follow their treatment requests in case they become incapacitated.

Advance directives are legal documents that provide instructions for medical care and only go into effect if you cannot communicate your own wishes. The two most common advance directives for health care are the living will and the durable power of attorney for health care.

Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment (MOST) The goal of the MOST initiative is to inform and empower patients to clearly state their end-of-life care wishes, and to authorize healthcare providers to carry out those wishes. MOST is only for patients with a terminal illness as defined by SD Law § 34-12D-1.

Completed by the Most Responsible Practitioner (MRP), A MOST is based on Advance Care Planning and conversations with a capable adult about their goals of care - or if the adult is incapable, their Substitute Decision Maker (SDM).

A MOST form is a standardized medical provider's order that helps you keep control over what medical care you wish to receive at the end of life when you are in a terminal state. It is a tool to be used in advance care planning and helps providers and family members understand your wishes if you become incapacitated.