Ongoing Effects - encounter end + rest

[Pierson_Lowgal]

If a PC is suffering from an ongoing effect, like ongoing damage, does the effect automatically end when the encounter ends? When the bad guys are defeated, can the PC declare a short rest and immediately end ongoing effects?

 

[jedrious]

Short rests must be uninterupted, ongoing damage is definately an interruption, plus it's more cinematic to have the party "WIN" the battle only to have one or more of the members succumb to their wounds from a lasting effect

 

[trentonjoe]

I was just going to ask that