The proposal of this research was to obtain parameters to start or maintain cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in victims of trauma. The duration of the cardiac arrest and the CPR of the survivors was described, as well as the cerebral performance and the mortality of these victims 24, 48 and 72 hours after these events had happened. With the results of this caracterization the relation between duration of cardiac arrest time, CPR and mortality were described. Data for this report were coleted in Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo emergency departament. A big amount of the victims (93, 4%) presents severe trauma and main cause of death was brain injury. Survival at 72 hours after CPR was 10%. The assessment, during the 72 hour period, of the survivors from cardiac arrest of traumatic cause has shown bad cerebral performance of those victims in that period of time. The survivor after the first episod of CPR was strongly related to cardiac arrest time when compared with CPR time. The time of cardiac arrest ¡Ü 4 minuts and CPR ¡Ü 20 minuts was related to survival more than 72 hours.
Heart arrest; Trauma
