Prehospital management and outcomes of traumatic cardiac arrest in older adults: a French nationwide registry study
Axel Benhamed, Baptiste Morcel, Jean-Stephane David, Ewoud Ter Avest, Tobias Gauss, James van Oppen, Karim Tazarourte, Eric Mercier, Bages-Limoges Florence, Bages-Limoges Florence, Dhers Marion, Fuster Patrick, Bellow Tobola, Peguet Olivier, Besnier Sylvie, Jardel Benoit, Buleon Clement, Avondo Aure · 2026
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Axel Benhamed, Baptiste Morcel, Jean-Stephane David, and a wider team wrote this research paper, published in 2026. It studies traumatic cardiac arrest in older adults across France's national registry, and uncovers a paradox: seniors restart their hearts more often, yet almost never leave the month alive.
The registry held 5,595 trauma arrests, about a quarter in people sixty-five and older. Older patients regained a pulse at higher rates than younger adults, roughly twenty-three versus nineteen percent. But thirty-day survival was 0.5 percent in seniors against 1.2 percent in the young, and good brain recovery rarer still. The team split seniors into three age bands to look closer. The authors say the gap between a restarted heart and a saved life should shape how hard and how long teams resuscitate injured elders.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Axel Benhamed, Baptiste Morcel, Jean-Stephane David, Ewoud Ter Avest, Tobias Gauss, James van Oppen, Karim Tazarourte, Eric Mercier, Bages-Limoges Florence, Bages-Limoges Florence, Dhers Marion, Fuster Patrick, Bellow Tobola, Peguet Olivier, Besnier Sylvie, Jardel Benoit, Buleon Clement, Avondo Aure |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |