PP10 How senior paramedics determine a futile resuscitation in pulseless electrical activity out of hospital cardiac arrest: a mixed methods study

BackgroundPulseless electrical activity, a non-shockable cardiac arrest, is treated using advanced life support resuscitation. When resuscitation fails, evidenced-based guidelines are limited on when to stop resuscitation. This led to one UK Ambulance Service developing a local guideline for senior...

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Published in:	Emergency medicine journal : EMJ Vol. 37; no. 10; p. e6
Main Authors:	Coppola, Ali, Black, Sarah, Endacott, Ruth
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BMJ Publishing Group LTD 01.10.2020
Subjects:	Ambulance services Cardiac arrest Clinical decision making Criminal investigations Decision making Heart attacks Paramedics Patients United Kingdom > UK
ISSN:	1472-0205, 1472-0213
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