54 Paediatric traumatic cardiac arrest in England and Wales a 10 year epidemiological study

Vassallo, James; Webster, Melanie; Barnard, Edward; Iniguez, Marisol Fragoso; Lyttle, Mark; Smith, Jason

Abstract

© 2017, Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions. INTRODUCTION: Traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) has traditionally been described as futile, with poor outcomes. Reported survival rates vary widely, with higher rates observed from mechanisms leading to a respiratory cause of traumatic cardiac arrest (e.g., drowning and hanging). Currently there is little evidence regarding outcomes following TCA in children. The primary aim of our study was to describe 30 day survival following TCA. Secondary aims were to provide an analysis of injury patterns (severe haemorrhage or traumatic brain injury), describe the functional outcome at discharge and to report the association between survival and interventions performed.METHODS: Using the Trauma Audit and Research Network (TARN) database, we conducted a population-based analysis of all paediatric (

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 1, 2017
• Publication Date: Dec 1, 2017
• Deposit Date: Jan 3, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 9, 2018
• Journal: Emergency medicine journal : EMJ
• Print ISSN: 1472-0205
• Electronic ISSN: 1472-0213
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 34
• Issue: 12
• Pages: A897-A899
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2017-207308.54
• Keywords: paediatric, traumatic, cardiac arrest, England, Wales, epidemiological study
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/903855
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2017-207308.54
• Contract Date: Jan 3, 2018