title: Guidance for ambulance personnel on decisions and situations related to out-of-hospital CPR.
abstract: Ethical guidelines on out-of-hospital cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) are designed to provide substantial guidance for the people who have to make decisions and deal with situations in the real world. The crucial question is whether it is possible to formulate practical guidelines that will make things somewhat easier for ambulance personnel. The aims of this article are to address the ethical aspects related to out-of-hospital CPR, primarily to decisions on not starting or terminating resuscitation attempts, using the views and experience of ambulance personnel as a starting point, and to summarise the key points in a practice guideline on the subject.
authors.affiliation: Sahlgrenska Academy, Institute of Medicine, Gothenburg, Sweden. anders.s.agard@vgregion.se
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ågård
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Herlitz
authors.forename: Maaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castrén
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jonsson
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sandman
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D000552:Ambulances; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D003657:Decision Making; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D058687:Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / Q000628:therapy*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic