EMCrit Podcast 36 – Traumatic Arrest

Published: Dec. 4, 2010, 11:04 p.m.

Management of traumatic arrest. Many things to do in these patients, but two things you definitely should not be doing are closed-chest CPR or giving ACLS medications. We discuss who gets a thoracotomy, what to do if a thoracotomy is not indicated, and when to stop.