Posts Tagged penetrating trauma
Management of Traumatic Arrest
Posted by Scott D. Weingart, MD FACEP in Critical Care on December 5th, 2010
This week I am discussing the management of traumatic arrest. A whole host of things need to happen in rapid succession, but two things you definitely should not be doing are closed-chest CPR or giving ACLS medications. We discuss who gets a thoracotomy, what to do if a thoracotomy is not indicated, and when to stop.
