Blunt trauma patients with prehospital pulseless electrical activity (pea): poor ending assured

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 876-881

  Martin, Sean K ^c   Shatney, Clayton H ^a   Sherck, John P ^a   Ho, Che Chuen ^b   Homan, Jean S ^a   Neff, Janet ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Santa Clara County EMS Agency   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma victims; ED thoracotomy; EMS systems; Futile care; Pulseless electrical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PULSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0036847806     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200211000-00011     Document Type: Article

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