<unk>  is a condition in which the heart has ceased to beat due to blunt or penetrating trauma, such as a stab wound to the thoracic area. It is a medical emergency which will always result in death without prompt advanced medical care. Even with prompt medical intervention, survival without neurological complications is rare. In recent years, protocols have been proposed to improve survival rate in patients with<unk> , though the variable causes of this condition as well as many coexisting injuries can make these protocols difficult to standardize.<unk>  is a complex form of<unk><unk>  often derailing from advanced<unk>  life support in the sense that the emergency team must first establish the cause of the<unk><unk>  and reverse these effects, for example hypovolemia and haemorrhagic shock due to a penetrating injury.
Traumatic cardiac arrest
Spinal shock
Cerebral contusion
Exploding head syndrome
Neurogenic shock
Atelectotrauma
Polytrauma
Heat stroke