Goldberger ZD, Chan PS, Berg RA, et al; for the American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines--Resuscitation (formerly the National Registry of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) Investigators How ...
An analysis of public videos of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests shows brief warning signs, seizure-like movements that may be ...
Following resuscitation with naloxone, clinicians commonly recommend an observation period to monitor for rebound apnea and other symptoms. Patient refusal of this recommendation is common, although ...
STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT DISCUSSIONS with elderly hospital patients about cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) preferences occur infrequently and have variable content. Our objective was to identify ...
Videotaping staff members performing CPR in the emergency department may help improve resuscitation rates, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. The ...
Adults in Britain can legally refuse medical treatment, even if it leads to their death but doctors cannot undertake treatment to a patient if it clashes with any clinical judgment. Patients should, ...
A man undergoing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, exhibited signs of conscious awareness for 90 minutes before the medical team stopped the life-sustaining procedure, according to a new case ...
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said York Teaching Hospital NHS Trust had failed to meet its own guidelines. It said Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR) forms should be updated regularly, with ...
A man with Down's syndrome is suing an NHS trust over a hospital's decision to issue a do-not-resuscitate order giving his disability as one of the reasons. The instruction not to attempt ...