Open AccessEpidemiology of traumatic cardiac arrest in patients presenting to emergency department at a level 1 trauma center
Author(s) -
Sanjeev Bhoi,
Prasun Mishra,
Kapil Dev Soni,
Upendra Baitha,
Tej Prakash Sinha
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of critical care medicine/indian journal of critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-359X
pISSN - 0972-5229
DOI - 10.4103/0972-5229.188198
Subject(s) - asystole , medicine , pulseless electrical activity , epidemiology , return of spontaneous circulation , emergency department , ventricular fibrillation , trauma center , interquartile range , emergency medicine , retrospective cohort study , major trauma , ventricular tachycardia , resuscitation , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , medical emergency , psychiatry
There is a paucity of literature on prehospital care and epidemiology of traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) in India. This study highlights the profile and characteristics of TCA.