Can you answer these 2 questions?
Q 1. Which of these interventions do you think worked in a study on cardiac arrest?
In a swine study of hypovolaemic traumatic cardiac arrest, place the following in the order that you believe resulted in greatest survival (the result may surprise you):
- CPR
- Whole Blood
- Crystalloid
- CPR and whole Blood
- CPR and Crystalloid
The answer is at 11.20 min in the video
Q 2. A patient in traumatic cardiac arrest is receiving filling, however still remains in asystole. Which of these options is most correct?
- Stop resuscitation as the patient is deceased
- Commence closed chest compressions
- Perform a resuscitative Thoracotomy
The answer is at 13.24 in the video.
