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Scientific Assembly

Breve Dulce

Session: Breve Dulce I

Hey Doc, EMS wants to know if they can terminate resuscitation...

Monday, April 7, 2025
4:30pm – 4:40pm ET
Location: Sandringham/Windsor - 2nd Level
CE: 0.25 CME Credit
EMS Recorded Session
Disclosure(s):
Bob Zemple, MD, MBA, FAAEM, FACEP, IV: No financial relationships to disclose
The prehospital world is a different beast than the ER, often requiring medical expertise from us as Emergency Medicine physicians on shift. Terminating resuscitation efforts in the field is a lesser common request for medical direction, but remains a most serious discussion. Knowing every EMS agency’s TOR guidelines is impossible…let’s build a basic understanding and factors that should be considered in field termination.

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn a basic understanding of questions/interventions that should be addressed before considering medical termination of resuscitation in the prehospital setting for adult and pediatric patients.
  • Learn a basic understanding of questions/interventions that should be addressed before considering traumatic termination of resuscitation in the prehospital setting for adult patients.