Researchers from an international collaborative team have found that prehospital resuscitative thoracotomy (RT) is feasible ...

The procedure used for this - known as "clamshell thoracotomy" - is still relatively new in this country. However, this procedure often gives the patient a far greater chance of survival.

Prehospital resuscitative thoracotomy was feasible for traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) in a mature, physician-led, urban system and was associated with improved survival, particularly when ...