Article
Prehospital Resuscitation Decisions in Cases of Traumatic Cardiopulmonary Arrest: Assessing the Risk of Legal Liability & the Impact of TOR Guidelines
Journal of Legal Medicine
(2015)
Abstract
This article addresses the extent to which professional providers of emergency medical services (EMS providers) could be held liable for civil damages when, due to apparent futility, resuscitation efforts are withheld or terminated in the field for a person suffering traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest. The article is an important part of a larger effort to address concerns expressed by the community of EMS providers relating to termination or withholding of resuscitation efforts for persons suffering out-of-hospital traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest (TCPA).
Keywords
- Emergency medical services liability,
- EMS practice guidelines
Disciplines
Publication Date
April 3, 2015
DOI
10.2139/ssrn.2486705
Citation Information
Karen A. Jordan and Mary E. Fallat. "Prehospital Resuscitation Decisions in Cases of Traumatic Cardiopulmonary Arrest: Assessing the Risk of Legal Liability & the Impact of TOR Guidelines" Journal of Legal Medicine Vol. 36 Iss. 2 (2015) p. 159 - 213 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/karen_jordan/12/