Withholding or termination of resuscitation in pediatric out-of-hospital traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 504-515

  Fallat, Mary E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

advanced life support; and adolescent; basic life support; blunt trauma; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; cardiorespiratory arrest; children; emergency medical services; out of hospital cardiac arrest; out of hospital termination of resuscitation; outcome; resuscitative thoracotomy; survival; traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

AORTA INJURY; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; FAMILY COUNSELING; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; LIVOR MORTIS; META ANALYSIS; ORGAN DONOR; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; RIGOR MORTIS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPLEEN INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT; AND ADOLESCENT; BASIC LIFE SUPPORT; BLUNT TRAUMA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CARDIORESPIRATORY ARREST; CHILDREN; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL TERMINATION OF RESUSCITATION; OUTCOME; RESUSCITATIVE THORACOTOMY; SURVIVAL; TRAUMATIC CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHILD; HUMANS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; THORACOTOMY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84896485963     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.01.013     Document Type: Review

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