Kirsten Loftus

Futility and Termination of Resuscitation Variation for Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

OBJECTIVES To evaluate agency-level differences in determinations of futility (defined as withholding resuscitative efforts by emergency medical services [EMS]) and termination of resuscitation (TOR) during prehospital encounters for pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA...