Derivation of a termination-of-resuscitation guideline for emergency medical technicians using automated external defibrillators

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 671-678

  Verbeek, P Richard ^a   Vermeulen, Marian J ^a   Ali, Fahim H ^a   Messenger, David W ^a   Summers, Jim ^a   Morrison, Laurie J ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillators; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Emergency medical services; Medical ethics; Resuscitation orders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0036301885     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.9.7.671     Document Type: Article

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