Hyperkalemia due to crush syndrome after trauma is a well known fatal clinical condition, but early hyperkalemia with hemorrhage after trauma is a rare phenomenon. We report on a 5-year-old boy who bruised from the lumbers, had cardiopulmonary arrest caused by hyperkalemia, and underwent perihepatic packing twice before being discharged without any neurologic deficits. Clinicians should be vigilant for signs of hyperkalemia accompanying hemorrhagic shock, even in the early phase of trauma.
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