Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
8694983 Chinese Journal of Traumatology 2017 6 Pages PDF
Abstract
The patient population of the “potential survivor” has been expanded due to advances in critical care practices, technology, and surgical technique and every opportunity for survival should be provided at the outset. Emergency department resuscitative thoracotomy is warranted for any patient with thoracic or subdiaphragmatic trauma who presents in extremis with a history of signs of life at the scene or organized cardiac activity upon arrival. Patients who have no evidence of signs of life at the scene and have no organized cardiac activity upon arrival should be pronounced.
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