title: [Clamshell thoracotomy after thoracic knife wounds].
abstract: Resuscitation in the event of traumatic cardiac arrest was for a long time considered to be a less than promising technique to employ; however, current data indicate that the prospects of success need not be any poorer than for resuscitation due to cardiac distress. The targeted and rapid remedying of reversible causes can re-establish the circulatory function and the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) algorithm for traumatic cardiac arrest is a helpful guide in this respect. This case report illustrates the resolute implementation of this algorithm in the prehospital environment in the case of an attempted suicide by a thoracic knife wound.
authors.affiliation: DRF-Luftrettung, Mannheim, Deutschland. marcus.rudolph@drf-luftrettung.de.|DRF-Luftrettung, Filderstadt, Deutschland. marcus.rudolph@drf-luftrettung.de.|Fachbereich Medizin, Abteilungsleiter Aus-, Fort und Weiterbildung, DRF Stiftung Luftrettung gemeinnützige AG, Rita-Maiburg-Straße 2, 70794, Filderstadt, Deutschland. marcus.rudolph@drf-luftrettung.de.
authors.forename: Marcus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rudolph
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Niko R E
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.affiliation: DRF-Luftrettung, Mannheim, Deutschland.|DRF-Luftrettung, Filderstadt, Deutschland.|Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Popp
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000379:methods*; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Cardiac arrest; Pericardial tamponade; Resuscitation; Tension pneumothorax; Traumatic