Decision Rule for Discontinuation of Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation

Evaluation

Are you evaluating a patient receiving CPR in the hospital following a cardiac arrest?

Yes

Was a pulse present within the first 10 minutes of starting the resuscitation?

Yes

Was the initial rhythm ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation?

Yes

Was the arrest witnessed?

Yes

Results

Please fill out required fields.

Results Interpretation and Description References Next Steps

Data complete?

Evaluation appropriate?

Does the patient have any chance for benefit from continued resuscitation?

Is there any benefit to further resuscitation attempts?

MedicalAlgorithms.com APIs

Power Your Solutions with 5,000+ Automated Medical Analytics

Seamlessly integrate our API library of over 5,000 evidence-based medical analytics into your products and workflows. Our APIs help you:

Build custom, automated clinical workflows tailored to your organization's needs.
Enhance your clinical decision support with advanced, evidence-based analytics.
Streamline revenue cycle management by integrating clinical analytics into billing, coding, and compliance processes.
Support payment and pre-approval processes with automated, standardized medical criteria.
Embed proven medical algorithms directly into your systems and services for consistent, high-quality outcomes.

With MedicalAlgorithms.com APIs, you can accelerate innovation, improve efficiency, and deliver more accurate, data-driven care—without reinventing the wheel.

Explore Medal API

Caution: A qualified health practitioner should verify all results.
Keep patient data confidential and comply with all legal requirements.

Please visit our website Medicalalgorithms.com for Description and Interpretation and further algorithms you may want to consider in the next steps of your evaluation. All information should be verified by a qualified health professional, and all use is subject to Medicalalgorithms.com Terms and Conditions. © Copyright Medicalalgorithms.com Limited

Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Risk Factors
Other Testing
- The Mainz Emergency Evaluation Score with Capnometry (MEESc) for Patients with Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in a Prehospital Setting
- Good Outcome Following Attempted Resuscitation - GO-FAR Score
Severity, Prognosis, Stage
Complications

Therapy

Selection

Monitoring

Complication Detection
- The Mainz Emergency Evaluation Score with Capnometry (MEESc) for Patients with Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in a Prehospital Setting

Specialty

Cardiology

ICD-10

I46 - Cardiac arrest