Role of emergency thoracotomy in the resuscitation of moribund trauma victims: 100 consecutive cases.

Abstract:

:(1) Emergency thoracotomy can be a lifesaving procedure in critically injured patients who present with no detectable pulse or blood pressure. (2) Emergency thoracotomy is nonproductive if cardiac electrical activity is absent. (3) Best results are achieved in patients with chest injuries and the worst results in those with isolated blunt abdominal injury. (4) Survival was better if patient was taken directly to the operating room with ongoing cardiopulmonary resuscitation. (5) Prehospital airway control, volume resuscitation and cardiopulmonary resuscitation play a significant role in improving the outcome in traumatized patients who undergo emergency thoracotomy.

journal_name

Am J Surg

authors

Harnar TJ,Oreskovich MR,Copass MK,Heimbach DM,Herman CM,Carrico CJ

doi

10.1016/s0002-9610(81)80034-7

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1981-07-01 00:00:00

pages

96-9

issue

1

eissn

0002-9610

issn

1879-1883

pii

S0002-9610(81)80034-7

journal_volume

142

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