internal medicine cardiology internal medicine cardiology
| Cardiac arrest |
| Preparation Immediate management Investigations Prevention Prognosis |  |
Go on a life support course before joining a cardiac arrest team 
a
Ask the patient on admission whether they want cardiopulmonary resuscitation
a, and educate them about the chance of survival |
Expiry date:
July 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides
| Author | CM Ball |
| Reviewer | S Straus |
| CAT Writers | CM Ball , CJ Wotton |