Laurie J Morrison, Don Eby, Precilla V Veigas, Cathy Zhan, Alex Kiss, Vince Arcieri, Paul Hoogeveen, Chris Loreto, Michelle Welsford, Tim Dodd, Elma Mooney, Marty Pilkington, Cathy Prowd, Erica Reichl, Jim Scott, Jeanette M Verdon, Tim Waite, Jason E Buick, P Richard Verbeek
BACKGROUND: The basic life support (BLS) termination of resuscitation (TOR) rule recommends transport and continued resuscitation when cardiac arrest is witnessed by EMT-Ds, or there is a return of spontaneous circulation, or a shock is given, and prior studies have suggested the transport rate should fall to 37%. METHODS AND RESULTS: This real-time prospective multi-center implementation trial evaluated the BLS TOR rule for compliance, transport rate and provider and physician comfort...
April 2014: Resuscitation