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Thoracic Spine Fracture in a Survivor of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest with Mechanical CPR

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2016

Robert Trevor Marshall ,
Hemang Kotecha ,
Takuyo Chiba  and
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Robert Trevor Marshall*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New YorkUSA
Hemang Kotecha
Affiliation:
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Department of Radiology, Worcester, MassachusettsUSA
Takuyo Chiba
Affiliation:
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Department of Emergency Medicine, Worcester, MassachusettsUSA
Joseph Tennyson
Affiliation:
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Department of Emergency Medicine, Worcester, MassachusettsUSA
*
Correspondence: Robert Trevor Marshall, MD Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine Stony Brook University 101 Nicolls Rd HSC Level 4 Room 080 Stony Brook, New York 11794 USA E-mail: Robert.Marshall@stonybrookmedicine.edu
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Abstract

This is a report of a thoracic vertebral fracture in a 79-year-old male survivor of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with chest compressions provided by a LUCAS 2 (Physio-Control Inc.; Lund Sweden) device. This is the first such report in the literature of a vertebral fracture being noted in a survivor of cardiac arrest where an automated compression device was used.

MarshallRT, KotechaH, ChibaT, TennysonJ. Thoracic Spine Fracture in a Survivor of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest with Mechanical CPR. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2016;31(6):684–686.

Keywords

cardiopulmonary resuscitationmechanical compression devicesout-of-hospital cardiac arrestspinal fractures
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Case Report
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Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 31 , Issue 6 , December 2016 , pp. 684 - 686
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© World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2016 

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