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Physican Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST)

The POLST is a physician-signed medical order that tells emergency responders, hospice, and hospital staff exactly what kind of treatment to provide—or avoid—during a medical crisis or end-of-life situation.

This version has been tailored for cryonics members and is adapted to Michigan under the MI-POST system.

Key Features:

• Authorizes CPR after clinical death—not to revive you, but to preserve tissue for cryopreservation.

• Directs full medical interventions (like ventilation, intubation, and defibrillation) only if they support cryonics preparation—not to prolong dying.

• Allows short-term hydration or nutrition if it supports cryonics goals.

• Explicitly allows post-mortem procedures like external cooling and anticoagulants to begin immediately.

• Signed by your physician, which gives it legal authority and ensures it is followed by EMS, hospitals, and hospice teams.

Unlike a DNR, which often gets misinterpreted, the POLST gives clear and customized instructions for cryonicists—and it’s one of the most powerful tools you can have at the time of death.

NOTE:  MI-POST is intended for people likely to die in the near future; it may also have to be renewed periodically.