Guidelines for withholding or termination of resuscitation in prehospital traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest: joint position statement of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma

J Am Coll Surg. 2003 Jan;196(1):106-12. doi: 10.1016/s1072-7515(02)01668-x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Guideline
  • Practice Guideline
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Air Ambulances
  • Electrocardiography
  • Emergency Medical Services / methods
  • Emergency Medical Services / standards*
  • Emergency Service, Hospital / standards
  • Heart Arrest / complications
  • Heart Arrest / diagnosis
  • Heart Arrest / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Pediatrics / standards
  • Resuscitation Orders*
  • Thoracotomy / methods
  • Time Factors
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / complications*
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / therapy
  • Wounds, Penetrating / complications*
  • Wounds, Penetrating / therapy