What is the responsibility of a physician if a patient suffers respiratory or cardiac arrest and legal requests specify "chemical code only"?
a. Use medications for resuscitation without CPR.
b. Use medications and CPR.
c. Use CPR only.
d. Use no means of resuscitation.
A
A chemical code involves the use of medications for resuscitation without the use of CPR.
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