PEA after TCA

Pulseless electrical activity following traumatic cardiac arrest: 

Sign of life or death?

MEDEST - June 11, 2019 

"On May 2019 was published an article we review today, cause the authors conclusions are pretty astonishing and worth a deeper look.

Israr, S & Cook, AD & Chapple, KM & Jacobs, JV & McGeever, KP & Tiffany, BR & Schultz, SP & Petersen, SR & Weinberg, JA. (2019). Pulseless electrical activity following traumatic cardiac arrest: Sign of life or death?. Injury. 10.1016/j.injury.2019.05.025.

Authors Conclusions: Following pre-hospital traumatic cardiac arrest, PEA on arrival portends death. Although Cardiac Wall Motion (CWM) is associated with survival to admission, it is not associated with meaningful survival. Heroic resuscitative measures may be unwarranted for PEA following pre-hospital traumatic arrest, regardless of CWM..."