Why CPR During Traumatic Cardiac Arrest Doesn’t Work Very Often

Posted on April 25th, 2012 by Roy Shaw

In this episode of RoyOnRescue, Roy talks about why cardiac arrests secondary to traumatic injuries, especially rapid deceleration accidents are so hard to resuscitate.  Roy goes a bit  more in depth about how every deceleration or rapid acceleration accident really is more like three different collisions.  Car hits wall, body hits car and organs hit inside of the body…that’s 3.  Now take a closer look at how it happens in this episode of RoyOnRescue.

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Follow Up Answer Based On Question Regarding “How To Find The Brachial Pulse”

Posted on April 16th, 2012 by Roy Shaw

Hello Everyone,

Great follow up question came in on how to locate the “brachial” artery.

It’s located on the inside of the upper arm between the biceps and triceps muscle along the humerus bone.   Use the flat part of your four fingers to press moderately against the inside of  the arm at this location.  This is a skill that needs practice with a baby who has pulses so as to be confident when looking for a brachial pulse on a child without a pulse.  Remember, when in doubt, if the patient is unconscious, not breathing normally and appears dead…we treat them as they are.  Begin CPR!

Hope it helps.

Roy

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