Autopsy by CT – What Can Post-Mortem CT Teach Us About Trauma Care?
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Information gathered from post-mortem CT shows that fatal injury patterns in blunt trauma are similar for those who die prior to ED arrival vs. after arrival. The frequent identification of unevacuated pneumothorax and endotracheal tube misplacement suggests that mandatory surgical chest decompression and tube placement confirmation should always be performed on blunt trauma arrest patients.