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Chest Compressions in Traumatic Cardiac Arrest
Dr John McKenna 22nd November 2017
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Background Early chest compressions are an established standard of care in cardiac arrest Will chest compressions help in traumatic cardiac arrest? Will they harm?
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Practice at RLH
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Practice at RLH
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PICO Question Population – Traumatic Cardiac Arrest
Intervention – Chest Compressions Comparator – No Chest Compressions Outcome - Mortality
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Results Pubmed – 176 -> 2 articles
Google – Blog posts & opinion pieces Case Report: Chest Compressions for a patient in cardiac arrest after penetrating trauma with a knife still in situ Conclusion: !!! Review Article: BET 3: The efficacy of chest compressions in paediatric traumatic arrest Conclusion: 48 papers. No evidence
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Results No Evidence
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Clinical Bottom Line Compressions are a standard of care but should not impede procedures/fluids To effectively treat traumatic cardiac arrest we need Expertise Equipment Environment Elapsed (time)
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