Living wills have an impact on pre-hospital lifesaving care

Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 08:57 in Health & Medicine

A new study conducted at the Hamot Medical Centre 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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