Guidelines for withholding or termination of resuscitation in prehospital traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest: a joint position paper from the National Association of EMS Physicians Standards and Clinical Practice Committee and the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma

Prehosp Emerg Care. 2003 Jan-Mar;7(1):141-6. doi: 10.1080/10903120390937274.

Authors

Laura R Hopson¹, Emily Hirsh, Joao Delgado, Robert M Domeier, Norman E McSwain Jr, Jon Krohmer; National Association of EMS Physicians Standards and Clinical Practice Committee; American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma

Affiliation

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

PMID: 12540158
DOI: 10.1080/10903120390937274

No abstract available

Publication types

Guideline
Practice Guideline
Review

MeSH terms

Air Ambulances
Emergency Medical Services / methods
Emergency Medical Services / standards*
Heart Arrest / complications
Heart Arrest / diagnosis
Heart Arrest / therapy*
Humans
Pediatrics / standards
Resuscitation Orders*
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / complications*
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / therapy
Wounds, Penetrating / complications*
Wounds, Penetrating / therapy