Dead on arrival

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Dead on arrival (DOA, /diː oʊ eɪ/), is a term often used in emergency medicine and law enforcement to denote a person who was found to be already clinically dead upon the arrival of professional medical assistance, often in the form of paramedics or coroners.

Etymology

The term "Dead on arrival" is of English origin and is believed to have been in use since the early 20th century. It is often abbreviated as DOA.

Usage

In medical context, DOA is used to refer to a patient who is found to be already dead when emergency medical services arrive. It is often used in the context of trauma or sudden cardiac arrest. In legal context, it is used to denote a person who was found dead at the scene of a crime.

Related Terms

  • Clinical death: The medical term for cessation of blood circulation and breathing, the two necessary criteria to sustain human and many other organisms' lives.
  • Brain death: The irreversible cessation of all functions of the brain, including the brain stem.
  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR): An emergency procedure that combines chest compressions often with artificial ventilation in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function until further measures are taken to restore spontaneous blood circulation and breathing in a person who is in cardiac arrest.
  • Advanced life support (ALS): A set of life-saving protocols and skills that extend basic life support to further support the circulation and provide an open airway and adequate ventilation (breathing).

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