TY - JOUR T1 - What information can we use to help determine futility in paediatric patients presenting in traumatic cardiac arrest? JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2022-324138 SP - archdischild-2022-324138 AU - Victoria Currie AU - Andrew Tagg AU - Constantinos Kanaris Y1 - 2022/05/12 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2022/05/12/archdischild-2022-324138.abstract N2 - A 2-year-old child presents to the emergency department (ED) after running into traffic. He chased a ball into the road and was struck by a car. An ambulance is dispatched to transport him to hospital, but he arrests en route. By the time he reaches your facility, he has been without a pulse for 10 min.He is in cardiac arrest. There is an endotracheal (ET) tube in situ and bilateral finger thoracostomies have been performed. The paramedics placed a pelvic binder prior to transportation. Tibial intraosseous (IO) access has been obtained and he is receiving 10 mL/kg of balanced crystalloid. No pre-hospital blood products were available. A Code Red was put out prior to his arrival. On examination, you are informed that both of his pupils are fixed and dilated. He has not received any other interventions.In a paediatric patient in traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) (patient), are there … ER -