Guidelines for withholding or termination of resuscitation in prehospital traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest: Joint position statement of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 106-112

  Hopson, Laura R ^a   Hirsh, Emily ^b   Delgado, Joao ^c   Domeier, Robert M ^d   McSwain, Norman E ^e   Krohmer, Jon ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN POISON AND DRUG CENTER   (United States)

^d ST JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUNT TRAUMA; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HYPOTHERMIA; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; THORACOTOMY;

AIR AMBULANCES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0037229610     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(02)01668-X     Document Type: Article

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