Journal article
Clinical Decision Rules for Termination of Resuscitation in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) has a low probability of survival to hospital discharge. Four clinical decision rules (CDRs) have been validated to identify patients with no probability of survival. Three of these rules focus on exclusive prehospital basic life support care for OHCA, and two of these rules focus on prehospital advanced life support care for OHCA.
CLINICAL QUESTION: Can a CDR for the termination of …
Authors
Sherbino J; Keim SM; Davis DP; Group BEIEM
Journal
Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 80–86
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
January 2010
DOI
10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.08.002
ISSN
0736-4679