Description: How much closed chest compressions or epinephrine fixes hypovolemia or a tension pneumothorax? Successful resuscitation of the traumatic cardiac arrest patient requires the provider to focus on, and aggressively treat, the reversible causes of traumatic cardiac arrest. After this lecture, participants will understand the underlying problems, define the definitive treatment and identify specific actions to do, and what not to do, when treating the traumatic cardiac arrest patient.
Learning Objectives:
Identify four reversible and likely causes of traumatic cardiac arrest.
Define the definitive treatment of each of the reversible causes of traumatic cardiac arrest.
Describe both out-of-hospital and in-hospital treatment options for the reversible causes of traumatic cardiac arrest.
