Guidelines for withholding or termination of resuscitation in prehospital traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest

J Am Coll Surg. 2003 Mar;196(3):475-81. doi: 10.1016/s1072-7515(03)00229-1.

Authors

Laura R Hopson¹, Emily Hirsh, Joao Delgado, Robert M Domeier, Jon Krohmer, Norman E McSwain Jr, Chris Weldon, Michael Friel, David B Hoyt; National Association of EMS Physicians Standards and Clinical Practice Committee; American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma

Affiliation

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, USA.

PMID: 12648687
DOI: 10.1016/s1072-7515(03)00229-1

No abstract available

Publication types

Guideline
Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / standards*
Electrocardiography
Emergency Medical Services / methods
Emergency Medical Services / standards*
Heart Arrest / etiology
Heart Arrest / therapy*
Humans
Resuscitation Orders* / ethics
Thoracotomy
Time Factors
Transportation of Patients
United States
Wounds and Injuries / complications*