Epidemiology and aetiology of traumatic cardiac arrest in England and Wales — A retrospective database analysis

• Published in: Resuscitation Vol. 110; pp. 90 - 94
• Main Authors: Barnard, Ed, Yates, David, Edwards, Antoinette, Fragoso-Iñiguez, Marisol, Jenks, Tom, Smith, Jason E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.01.2017
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - methods; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - standards; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - statistics & numerical data; Clinical Audit - statistics & numerical data; Databases, Factual; Emergency; Emergency Medical Services - methods; Emergency Medical Services - standards; Emergency Medical Services - statistics & numerical data; England - epidemiology; Epidemiology; Female; Heart Arrest - epidemiology; Heart Arrest - etiology; Heart Arrest - therapy; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Needs Assessment; Quality Improvement; Registries; Retrospective Studies; Survival Rate; Time-to-Treatment - organization & administration; Time-to-Treatment - standards; Trauma; Traumatic cardiac arrest; Wales - epidemiology; Wounds and Injuries - complications; Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology; Traumatic cardiac arrest; Trauma; Epidemiology; Cardiac arrest

Abstract Background Historically, reported survival from traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) was extremely low. More recent publications have recorded survival to discharge of up to 8%. This improvement is likely to be multi-factorial; however, there are currently no published data describing the epidemi...