2010 Aha Cpr/ecc Guidelines Part 3: Ethics

Front 1

List the criteria for out-of-hospital termination of resuscitation:

Back 1

-arrest not witnessed by emergency medical services personnel
-no return of spontaneous circulation after 3 rounds of CPR (prior to transport)
-no AED shock was delivered prior to transport

-certain EMS protocols allow family members request no resuscitation at the time of death

Front 2

When are slow-codes (knowingly providing ineffective resuscitative efforts) appropriate?

Back 2

never

Front 3

List the four criteria for suspending resuscitation efforts by ACLS certified EMS providers outside of the hospital as recommended by the EMS physicians assoc:

Back 3

-arrest was not witnessed
-no bystander for CPR was provided
-no ROSC after full ALS care in the field (20 min)
-no AED shocks were delivered

Front 4

List the criteria for not starting CPR in newly born infants:

Back 4

-extreme prematurity (<23 weeks gestation or birth weight < 400 g)
-anencephaly
-major chromosomal abnormalities (trisomy 13)

Front 5

List the criteria for not starting CPR in pediatric and adult in-hospital cardiac arrest:

Back 5

-DNR order only-