title: Paediatric thoracic damage control resuscitation for ballistic injury: a case report.
abstract: This case is of an 8-year-old child who had a cardiac arrest and an Emergency Department thoracotomy (EDT) following a penetrating fragmentation injury to the chest. The management included damage control resuscitation, recombinant Factor VIIa and a successful emergency department thoracotomy.
authors.affiliation: Royal Centre for Defence Medicine. brcooper78@hotmail.com
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mellor
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bruce
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Mahoney
mesh_terms: D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008887:Military Medicine; D008889:Military Personnel; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006113:United Kingdom; D014857:Warfare; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000601:surgery*