Unlocking survival in traumatic cardiac arrest: global insights, innovations, and unmet needs.

ABSTRACT: Traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) remains one of the most formidable challenges in acute care, with global survival rates persistently below 7.5% despite significant advances in trauma systems and resuscitative strategies. Through a comprehensive scoping review of literature from 2016 to 2025, this study delineates the shifting epidemiology, modern management, and key determinants of outcomes in TCA. Our synthesis reveals that TCA predominantly affects young males and results primarily from blunt mechanisms, with severe hemorrhage and traumatic brain injury as leading critical lesions. While pioneering interventions such as resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta and emergency resuscitative thoracotomy have been widely adopted, robust evidence for their survival benefit rema

SUBMITTER: Jiang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12676888 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature