A Case Report of External Cardiac Pads Used for Internal Cardiac Defibrillation During Resuscitative Thoracotomy.

This is a case report regarding the use of non-conventional methods to perform internal cardiac defibrillation on a trauma patient in an austere environment. The patient was a polytrauma causality of an improvised explosive device who arrived to a far forward resuscitative surgical team during a recent armed conflict. After arrival, the patient lost pulses.