Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) in children is associated with a low probability of survival and poor neurological outcome in survivors. Since 2003, over 600 seriously injured local national children have been treated at deployed UK military medical treatment facilities during the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. A number of these were in cardiac arrest after sustaining traumatic injuries. This study defined outcomes from paediatric TCA in this cohort. METHODS:A retrospective database review was undertaken using the UK Joint Theatre Trauma Registry. This includes UK military, coalition military, civilians and local security forces personnel who prompted trauma team activation. All children in this series were local nationals. Patients aged less than 18 years who presented between January 2003 and April 2014, and who underwent cardiopulmonary resuscitation, were included. RESULTS:27 children with TCA were included. Four children survived to discharge from the medical treatment facility (14.8%), though limited data are available regarding the long-term neurological outcome in these patients. CONCLUSIONS:This study demonstrates that the outcomes for paediatric TCA in our military field hospitals were similar to other paediatric civilian and adult military studies, despite patients being injured by severe blast injuries. Further work is needed to define the optimal management of paediatric TCA.
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J R Army Med Corpsjournal_title
Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corpsauthors
Hillman CM,Rickard A,Rawlins M,Smith JEdoi
10.1136/jramc-2015-000464subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-08-01 00:00:00pages
276-9issue
4eissn
0035-8665issn
2052-0468pii
jramc-2015-000464journal_volume
162pub_type
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