Paramedic and emergency medical technicians views on opportunities and challenges when forgoing and halting resuscitation in the field

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 532-538

  Grudzen, Corita R ^a   Timmermans, Stefan ^b   Koenig, William J ^c   Torres, Jacqueline M ^d   Hoffman, Jerome R ^b   Lorenz, Karl A ^e,f   Asch, Steven M ^f  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Emergency Medical Services Agency   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Veterans Integrated Palliative Program   (United States)

^f VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Emergency medical services; Ethics; Prehospital care; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMPOWERMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; RESUSCITATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CALIFORNIA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FAMILY; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH POLICY; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67149123448     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00427.x     Document Type: Article

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