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
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- guideline
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of the American College of Surgeons
- Vol. 196 (1) , 106-112
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s1072-7515(02)01668-x
Abstract
The National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) and the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (COT) support out-of-hospital withholding or termination of resuscitation for adult traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest (TCPA) patients who meet specific criteria.Keywords
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