title: Traumatic cardiac arrests--the action or the provider, what makes the difference?
abstract: Traumatic cardiac arrest resuscitation is considered a heroic and futile endeavor. However, newer articles have more promising statistics and divide between prehospital ground and helicopter transport. Here we discuss why there might be a difference in the survivability of this subset of trauma patients.
authors.forename: Kelly R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Klein
mesh_terms: D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000639:trends*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000639:trends*; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies