Advising and limiting medical treatment during phone consultation: a prospective multicentre study in HEMS settings

Table 2 The frequency and content of LOMT in consultation calls to HEMS physicians

The frequencies and contents of LOMT	N	%
A Pre-existing LOMT (N = 313)
The frequency of different pre-existing LOMT^a
DNACPR	300	96
NEIC	59	19
No tertiary hospital admission	2	0.6
No transfers	4	1.3
Other^b	16	5.1
B New LOMT (N = 210)
The frequency of different new LOMT^c
DNACPR	122	58
NEIC	96	46
No intubation	67	32
ToR	54	26
No tertiary hospital admission	12	5.7
No transfer	12	5.7
Other^d	24	11.4

LOMT, Limitation of medical treatment, HEMS, Helicopter Emergency Medical Service, DNACPR, Do-not-attempt-cardiopulmonary resuscitation, NEIC, Not eligible for intensive care, ToR, Termination of resuscitation
^aIn 64 consultations the patient had multiple pre-existing LOMT
^bThe category ‘other’ included three consultation calls in which the patient had an advance directive, five consultation calls on patients with palliative care decision and one call on patient with ‘allow natural death’ decision issued by a general practitioner
^cIn 108 consultation calls multiple new LOMT were issued
^dThe category ‘other’ included nine consultation calls in which the LOMT was the decision to admit the patient to the secondary hospital instead of tertiary hospital for further treatment

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