Anorexia nervosa

Abstract

We discuss emergency medical service implications of eating disorders using the case of CPR in a 30-year-old female with severe anorexia nervosa and offer a literature review of potential lethal complications. Despite therapeutical advances, anorexia nervosa is still an illness with considerably high mortality. Potential severe complications of this illness can have life-threatening implications. Emergency medical service decisions have a prognostic impact on the further course of the illness. Whether patients should be treated against their own volition is of particular importance.