Understanding Tamponade: Critical Choices in Trauma Care
Why traumatic tamponade is different In adult chest trauma, tamponade is a filling problem with a potential bleeding source that still needs control. Rapidly accumulating blood raises pericardial pressure, restricts diastolic filling and reduces stroke volume. Severe obstruction can leave electrical activity without an effective pulse. Hemorrhage elsewhere may coexist. ERC 2025. Suspect it in […]