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Volume 347:450-452 August 8, 2002 Number 6
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Should Family Members Be Present during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation?

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To the Editor: Dr. Tsai (March 28 issue)1 rightly questions the policy of excluding family members when resuscitation efforts are under way in an emergency room. However, she does not address several important issues. First, there are risks to the family members. During the first resuscitation I ever conducted, the patient, a child, did well, but the sight of his child's blood made the father faint and led to his admission to the hospital for injuries related to his fall. Second, emergency rooms in small community hospitals usually cannot muster teams of personnel like those seen on television shows. When . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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