Trauma & Acute Care Open Access

Trauma Resuscitation

Trauma resuscitation means restoration of an acutely ill or near to death patient to life or consciousness. It is basically a process of correcting physiological malfunction due to trauma. Resuscitation is an integral part of intensive care units, trauma surgery and emergency care. Some common examples of resuscitation are cardiopulmonary resuscitation, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, neonatal resuscitation.