Should Percussion Pacing Have a Role in Perioperative Advanced Cardiac Life Support?: A Case Report

We describe the successful treatment of acute preoperative symptomatic sinus bradycardia with percussion pacing in a 63-year-old patient scheduled for placement of a gastric feeding tube after trauma involving spinal cord injury. Although no longer included in current advanced cardiovascular life support guidelines, percussion pacing may be a suitable alternative to chest compressions in multitrauma cases where the force of compressions could cause further complications.
Source: A&A Case Reports - Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Case Report Source Type: research