%0 Journal Article
%T Decision-making in cardiac arrest: physicians¡¯ and nurses¡¯ knowledge and views on terminating resuscitation
%A Anders S Schmidt
%A Bo L£¿fgren
%A Camilla Hansen
%A Kasper G Lauridsen
%J Archive of "Open Access Emergency Medicine : OAEM".
%D 2019
%R 10.2147/OAEM.S183248
%X Many cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) attempts are unsuccessful and must be terminated. On the contrary, premature termination results in a self-fulfilling prophecy. This study aimed to investigate 1) physicians¡¯ self-assessed competence in terminating CPR, 2) physicians¡¯ and nurses¡¯ knowledge of the European Resuscitation Council guidelines on termination, and 3) single factors leading to termination
%K resuscitation
%K ethics
%K end-of-life decision
%K living will
%K medical decision-making
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6305156/