In the Deceased Patient Standard in the BLS, can you clarify what is meant by the term “gross” when it talks about a patient that is deceased with an open head or torso wound with gross outpouring of cranial or visceral contents?

With today’s technology, are we allowed to honour DNR provided by phone? Eg. a photo?

Question from an ACP role, For a pediatric patient who has a HR less than 60 with poor signs of perfusion (cyanosis/pale and apneic€¦..start chest compressions with airway and ventilations via BVM. The question is do we follow it up with epi? In the PALS algorithm it states to do CPR/ventilations, epi, atropine and consider pacing. This is covered under the newborn arrest directive however it is not covered under the adult/pediatric medical cardiac arrest. What does our base hospital want us to? Would it be appropriate to follow the PALS Bradycardia algorithm?