Publications by authors named "J Schimrigk"
Background: Prehospital resuscitative thoracotomy (PHRT) is a controversially discussed measure for the acute treatment of traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) recommended by the current guidelines of the European Resuscitation Council (ERC). The aim of this work is the comprehensive presentation and summary of the available literature with the underlying hypothesis that the available publications show the feasibility and survival following PHRT in patients with TCA with a good neurological outcome.
Method: A systematic literature search was performed in the databases PubMed, EMBASE, Google Scholar, Springer LINK and Cochrane.