Session Summary
Traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA), a life-threatening condition with low survival rates, requires a fundamentally different approach compared to medical cardiac arrest. Rapid identification and focused management of the major reversible causes optimize chances of survival. During this session, emphasis is on the xABC approach, prioritizing exsanguination control (x), followed by airway, breathing and circulation. Key controversies are discussed, including debates over chest compressions, use of epinephrine, fluid resuscitation strategies and the expanding role of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA).
Objectives
- Identify common reversible causes of traumatic cardiac arrest.
- Explain the xABC approach, where hemorrhage control proceeds airway, breathing and circulation.
- Discuss current controversies surrounding the use of chest compression, epinephrine, and fluid resuscitation strategies.
Topics
Cardiovascular, Trauma
Population
Adult
Role
Staff
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Successful Completion
Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation to be awarded contact hours AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.
Accreditation
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for 1.00 contact hours.
Disclosure
Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content will be identified by the Nurse Planner within the activity. Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content has been mitigated.
Accreditation refers to recognition of continuing education only and does not imply AACN, ANCC, or CBRN approval or endorsement of any commercial products discussed or displayed in conjunction with this educational activity.
Activities with pharmacology hours are to assist the APRN in fulfilling the pharmacotherapeutic education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.
Activities meet the standards for most states that require mandatory continuing education for license and/or certification renewal. AACN recommends consulting with your own state board of nursing or credentialing organization before submitting your certificate of completion.
Refund Policy
Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.