Journal Review in Trauma Surgery: Getting to the Heart of the Problem - Prehospital Resuscitative Thoracotomy for Traumatic Cardiac Arrest

Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast · Jan 22, 2026 · 50m · transcript

In resuscitative trauma surgery every second counts. Can time and lives be saved by moving interventions closer to the point of injury? In this episode, we discuss a recent journal article on prehospital resuscitative thoracotomy as a treatment for traumatic cardiac arrest. Opening the chest on the street, who should do it, why should we do it, and for whom?• Hosts: Mr Prashanth Ramaraj. General Surgery trainee, Edinburgh rotation. @LonTraumaSchool Dr Roisin Kelly. Major Trauma Junior Clinical Fellow, Royal London Hospital. Mr Max Marsden. Resuscitative Major Trauma Fellow, Royal London…