The goals of resuscitation are to preserve life, restore health, relieve suffering, limit disability,
and respect the individual's decisions, rights, and privacy. Decisions about cardiopulmonary …

The 2010 Guidelines contain a complete discussion of clinical decision rules for terminating
resuscitative efforts. 4 In 2015, the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation …

Non-traumatic cardiac arrest is a major public health problem that carries an extremely high
mortality rate. If we hope to increase the survivability of this condition, it is imperative that …

Application of resuscitation science to improve patient care and outcomes requires effective
strategies for education and implementation. Systematic reviews suggest that there are …

Background Emergency care providers regularly deal with ethical dilemmas that must be
addressed. In comparison with in-hospital nurses, emergency medical service (EMS) …

The hospitalisation and management of patients at the end‐of‐life by emergency medical
services is presenting a challenge to our society as the majority of people approaching …

Note From the Writing Group: Throughout this article, the reader will notice combinations of
superscripted letters and numbers (eg,“Precourse Preparation EIT-018A”). These callouts …

Objectives: To evaluate emergency medical technicians'(EMTs) experiences with the
Physician Orders for Life‐Sustaining Treatment (POLST) program and learn about attitudes …

Background The number of palliative care patients who live at home and have non-curable
life-threatening diseases is increasing. This is largely a result of modern palliative care …

Paramedics play an important role in out-of-hospital health care. They provide unscheduled
care, assisting both patients with minor injuries and those experiencing life-threatening …