TRIAD II: Do Living Wills Have an Impact on Pre-Hospital Lifesaving Care?

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-115

  Mirarchi, Ferdinando L ^a   Kalantzis, Stella ^a   Hunter, Daniel ^a   McCracken, Emily ^a   Kisiel, Theresa ^a  

^a HAMOT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

do not resuscitate; effective vs. enacted living will; full code; interpretation; living will

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; DEFIBRILLATION; DYING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CODE STATUS; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESCUE PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; RESUSCITATION; SAFETY;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVING WILLS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59749083729     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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