The LA story: What happened after a new policy allowing paramedics to forgo resuscitation attempts in prehospital cardiac arrest

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 685-690

  Grudzen, Corita R ^a   Hoffman, Jerome R ^b   Koenig, William J ^c   Boscardin, John ^d   Lorenz, Karl A ^e   Asch, Steven M ^e  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services Agency   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Ethics; Prehospital care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORTALITY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MIDDLE AGED; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 77952890021     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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