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Living wills have an impact on pre-hospital lifesaving care

25 February 2009 · News

Living wills have an impact on pre-hospital lifesaving care A new study conducted at the Hamot Medical Center in Erie, Pennsylvania, and published by Elsevier in the February 2009 issue of

The Journal of Emergency Medicine

shows that there is a lack of education and understanding in what sets a living will in motion in a pre-hospital setting. Education and implementation of code status designations can clarify this confusion.

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