Cardiopulmonary resuscitation after traumatic cardiac arrest is not always futile

Injury

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 448-454

  Willis, Cameron D ^a   Cameron, Peter A ^a,b,c   Bernard, Stephen A ^a,d   Fitzgerald, Mark ^b,c  

^a Department of Biomedical Science   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL TRAUMA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c Emergency and Trauma Centre   (Australia)

^d Ambulance Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Resuscitation guidelines; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRIC INJURY; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; VITAL SIGN; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 33748860943     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2005.11.011     Document Type: Article

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