title: Thoracic Spine Fracture in a Survivor of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest with Mechanical CPR.
abstract: This is a report of a thoracic vertebral fracture in a 79-year-old male survivor of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with chest compressions provided by a LUCAS 2 (Physio-Control Inc.; Lund Sweden) device. This is the first such report in the literature of a vertebral fracture being noted in a survivor of cardiac arrest where an automated compression device was used. Marshall RT , Kotecha H , Chiba T , Tennyson J . Thoracic spine fracture in a survivor of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with mechanical CPR. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2016;31(6):684-686.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Emergency Medicine,Stony Brook University,Stony Brook,New YorkUSA.
authors.forename: Robert Trevor
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.affiliation: 2University of Massachusetts Medical School,Department of Radiology,Worcester,MassachusettsUSA.
authors.forename: Hemang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kotecha
authors.affiliation: 3University of Massachusetts Medical School,Department of Emergency Medicine,Worcester,MassachusettsUSA.
authors.forename: Takuyo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chiba
authors.affiliation: 3University of Massachusetts Medical School,Department of Emergency Medicine,Worcester,MassachusettsUSA.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7862-1008
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tennyson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D058687:Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / Q000628:therapy*; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000209:etiology*; D017741:Survivors; D013548:Sweden; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords:  CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation;  EMS Emergency Medical Services;  ROSC return of spontaneous circulation; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; mechanical compression devices; out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; spinal fractures