Citation

Rudolph M, Schneider NRE, Popp E. Unfallchirurg 2017; 120(4): 344-349.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00113-016-0287-9

PMID

28054123

Abstract

Resuscitation in the event of traumatic cardiac arrest was for a long time considered to be a less than promising technique to employ; however, current data indicate that the prospects of success need not be any poorer than for resuscitation due to cardiac distress. The targeted and rapid remedying of reversible causes can re-establish the circulatory function and the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) algorithm for traumatic cardiac arrest is a helpful guide in this respect. This case report illustrates the resolute implementation of this algorithm in the prehospital environment in the case of an attempted suicide by a thoracic knife wound.

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Keywords

Humans; Resuscitation; Multiple Trauma; Cardiac arrest; Treatment Outcome; Algorithms; Traumatic; Thoracotomy; Wounds, Penetrating; Thoracic Injuries; Tension pneumothorax; Critical Care; Pericardial tamponade