Air medical journal
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Air medical journal · Nov 2018
Endotracheal Intubation for Traumatic Cardiac Arrest by an Australian Air Medical Service.
Traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) has been associated with poor outcome, but there are survivors with good neurological outcome. Treatment of hypoxia plays a key part in resuscitation algorithms, but little evidence exists on the ideal method of airway management in TCA. ⋯ Resuscitation for predominantly blunt TCA is not futile. The endotracheal intubation first attempt success rate for TCA is comparable to that of N-TCA trauma patients.