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List the criteria for out-of-hospital termination of resuscitation: |
-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 |
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When are slow-codes (knowingly providing ineffective resuscitative efforts) appropriate?
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never
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List the four criteria for suspending resuscitation efforts by ACLS certified EMS providers outside of the hospital as recommended by the EMS physicians assoc:
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-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 |
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List the criteria for not starting CPR in newly born infants:
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-extreme prematurity (<23 weeks gestation or birth weight < 400 g)
-anencephaly -major chromosomal abnormalities (trisomy 13) |
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List the criteria for not starting CPR in pediatric and adult in-hospital cardiac arrest:
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-DNR order only-
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