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POSITION PAPER (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMS PHYSICIANS)

T ERMINATION OF R ESUSCITATION IN THE P REHOSPITAL S ETTING FOR A DULT P ATIENTS S UFFERING N ONTRAUMATIC C ARDIAC A RREST

E. David Bailey Dr. Bailey is in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, Delaware. Dr. Wydro is in the Division of EMS, Department of Emergency Medicine, MCP-Hahnemann School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Cone is chief of the Division of EMS, Section of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
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Gerald C. Wydro Dr. Bailey is in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, Delaware. Dr. Wydro is in the Division of EMS, Department of Emergency Medicine, MCP-Hahnemann School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Cone is chief of the Division of EMS, Section of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
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David C. Cone Dr. Bailey is in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, Delaware. Dr. Wydro is in the Division of EMS, Department of Emergency Medicine, MCP-Hahnemann School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Cone is chief of the Division of EMS, Section of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
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