• Guang-Ju Zhou, Ping Jin, and Shou-Yin Jiang.
• Guang-Ju Zhou, Department of Emergency Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine; Research Institute of Emergency Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310009, China.
• Pak J Med Sci. 2020 Jan 1; 36 (2): 296298296-298.

AbstractGastric perforation is a rare complication of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), mostly resulting from incorrect airway management. If left unrecognized, it is associated with high mortality and morbidity. We present a case of gastric perforation after improper CPR. A 56-year-old drunken male was sent to the emergency department due to coma after fall onto the ground. He was thought to have cardiac arrest at scene and was saved with CPR maneuver by his friends who has never been trained before. He was taken to the hospital by emergency medical service personnel and presented with abdominal distention and extensive pneumoperitoneum. Emergency laparotomy was performed which revealed gastric perforation at the lesser curvature of the stomach. The laceration was repaired without any difficulty and the patient was discharged home without any neurological deficit. The aim of this report is to remind the public and emergency physicians that gastric perforation should be suspected in patients with distended abdomen and pneumoperitoneum after CPR. Because the most common risk factor for CPR-related gastric perforation is the bystander-provided resuscitation, it is encouraged for the public to take formal CPR training.Copyright: © Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences.

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