August 5, 2026 · The American journal of emergency medicine · DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2026.07.047

No-flow duration and outcomes in adult blunt traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

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This study aimed to investigate the relationship between no-flow duration and outcomes in adults experiencing witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) due to blunt trauma. The findings revealed that the threshold for a chance of achieving a favorable neurological outcome within 30 days was effectively zero minutes, while the threshold for survival was approximately six minutes, highlighting the extremely poor prognosis associated with prolonged no-flow durations in this population.

Yuki Kishihara, Masahiro Kashiura, Hideto Yasuda, Shunsuke Amagasa, Hiroyuki Tamura, Chisato Nakajima, Yuki Shiraoka, Masashi Okubo, Kazuhide Matsushima, Takashi Moriya

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No-flow duration and outcomes in adult blunt traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

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