What is it about?
Its a case where we describe massive life-threatening penetrating junctional hemorrhage temporized by bimanual external aortic cmpression.
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Why is it important?
First reported case. Bimanual external aortic compression represents a prehospital intervention that is extremely easy to learn and can be deployed where typically no other immediately available temporizing measure exists.
Perspectives
Penetrating junctional trauma is the leading cause of modern battlefield death. It is also a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the civilian setting. Very few temporizing measures exist, most involve specialized equipment and/or advanced training. Bimanual external aortic compression may be an option when no others exist.
Mr Matthew John Douma
Royal Alexandra Hospital
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This page is a summary of: Temporization of Penetrating Abdominal-Pelvic Trauma With Manual External Aortic Compression: A Novel Case Report, Annals of Emergency Medicine, July 2014, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.09.026.
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