Withholding Resuscitation: A New Approach to Prehospital End-of-Life Decisions

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Withholding Resuscitation: A New Approach to Prehospital End-of-Life Decisions

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Figure. Study design. "Participating agencies" were defined as those that agreed to implement the 1998 guidelines. "Nonparticipating agencies" were those that did not implement the guidelines. DNR = do not resuscitate; EMS = emergency medical services.

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Table 1. Characteristics of Participating and Nonparticipating Agencies

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Table 2. Characteristics of Patients Who Had Cardiac Arrest according to Resuscitation Effort

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Table 3. Type of Resuscitation Effort according to Study Group

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Table 4. Type of Request To Withhold Resuscitation according to Study Group

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Table 5. Type of Request To Withhold Resuscitation in the Intervention Group according to Patient Location