Prehospital Resuscitative Thoracotomy for Traumatic Cardiac Arrest.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) presents a critical challenge in trauma care, often occurring rapidly after injury before effective interventions are available.

Objective

To evaluate the association of prehospital resuscitative thoracotomy with survival outcomes for TCA.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study examined all cases of prehospital resuscitative thoracotomy for TCA in London from January 1999 to December 2019. Data were analyzed from July 2022 to July 2023.

Exposure

Prehospital resuscitative thoracotomy for TCA.

Main outcomes and measures

The primary outcome was survival to hospital discharge. Secondary outcomes included survival to hospital admission and neurological status at discharge.

Results

Pre

SUBMITTER: Perkins ZB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11866073 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature