ROTARY WEEK VOL 2 NO 42

ANOTHER GOOD PROGRAM TODAY (AUG 19TH) AT THE  ROTARY MEETING....

PAM SCHOENTHALER (RN) AND WITH THE LOCAL
HOSPITAL TO TALK ABOUT ..
IPOST....
WHICH STANDS FOR IOWA PHYSICIAN ORDERS 
FOR THE SCOPE OF TREATMENT.    IT DIRECTS CARE IN A MEDICAL CRISIS.    IT IS NOT REQUIRED, ALWAYS VOLUNTARY.    IT TELLS EMERGENCY STAFF, SUCH AS EMTs, THE TYPE OF CARE THAT IS WANTED OR NOT WANTED IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.   ONE NEEDS TO FILL OUT A SIMPLE FORM...THAT THEN BELONGS WITH THE PERSON WHO FILLED IT OUT   THAT IPOST FORM IS A MEDICAL ORDER RECOGNIZED STATEWIDE AND THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO IS FRAIL, ELDERLY, OR WHO HAS A CHRONIC OR SERIOUS MEDICAL CONDITION, REGARDLESS OF AGE.    CONTACT PAM FOR MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT IPOST AND A BLANK FORM TO READ AND POSSIBLY FILL OUT, NOW OR LATER.  
IPOST, A WAY TO MAKE YOUR OWN LEGAL, BINDING CHOICE ABOUT YOUR END OF LIFE MEDICAL CARE.
(PHOTO BY CHUCK CURRENT) 
    FROM EVERYONE IN MAQUOKETA ROTARY......
HAVE A GOOD WEEK!