Title: How we can better approach traumatic cardiac arrest<br/>Author: Robert Flint<br/><a href='http://umem.org/profiles/faculty/2561/'>[Click to email author]</a><hr/><p> <span style="font-size:16px;">The authors of this paper suggest the following changes, supported by evidence, to the management of traumatic cardiac arrest:</span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:16px;">1. Epinephrine, bicarbonate and calcium have limited if no role in traumatic cardiac arrest.</span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:16px;">2. CPR may be harmful in traumatic cardiac arrest. Hypovolemia is the cause of death for most trauma patients and CPR cannot correct this.</span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:16px;">3. Blood is the resuscitative fluid to be given and all other fluids do not have a role in traumatic cardiac arrest.</span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:16px;">4. Correct hypoxia immediately.</span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:16px;">5. Finger thoracostomy to decompress penumothoracies, not needles.</span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:16px;">6. Utilize termination of resuscitation protocols to end resuscitations in the field.</span></p> <fieldset><legend>References</legend>
<p> <strong>Traumatic Cardiac Arrest (TCA): Maybe We Could Do Better?</strong></p> <p> <em>Prehospital trauma care and outcomes have improved little in the past 50 years, the authors write. It’s time to change that.</em></p> <p> <a href="https://www.jems.com/author/bryan-bledsoe-do-facep-faaem-emt-p/" title="Bryan E. Bledsoe, DO, FACEP, FAEMS">Bryan E. Bledsoe, DO, FACEP, FAEMS</a>, <a href="https://www.jems.com/author/jeffrey-p-salomone-md-facs-nremt-p/" title="Jeffrey P. Salomone, MD, FACS">Jeffrey P. Salomone, MD, FACS</a> Jpournal fo Emergency Medical Services <em>01.12.2023</em></p> <p> <a href="https://www.jems.com/patient-care/traumatic-cardiac-arrest-tca-maybe-we-could-do-better/">https://www.jems.com/patient-care/traumatic-cardiac-arrest-tca-maybe-we-could-do-better/</a></p> </fieldset>