Part 3: Ethics: 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care

Circulation

Volumn 122, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Morrison, Laurie J ^a   Kierzek, Gerald ^a   Diekema, Douglas S ^a   Sayre, Michael R ^a   Silvers, Scott M ^a   Idris, Ahamed H ^a   Mancini, Mary E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

arrhythmia; automatic external defibrillator; cardioversion; ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEWBORN CARE; ORGAN DONOR; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; CARDIOLOGY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78349240637     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.970905     Document Type: Review

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