A proposal for selective resuscitation of adult cardiac arrest patients in a pandemic
Abstract Allocation of limited resources in pandemics begs for ethical guidance. The issue of ventilator allocation in pandemics has been reviewed by many medical ethicists, but as localities activate crisis standards of care, and health care workers are infected from patient exposure, the decision...
Main Authors: | Antony Hsu, William Weber, Alan Heins, Elaine Josephson, Robert Kornberg, Rosemarie Diaz |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2020-08-01
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Series: | Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12096 |
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