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A 50-year-old construction worker had been pressed down beneath a forklift truck and sustained cardiopulmonary arrest. Physical findings were typical for traumatic asphyxia. The patient was resuscitated by a bystander using only external cardiac compression; rescue breathing was not performed. He had both coma and cardiopulmonary arrest persisted for 7 min until emergency medical technicians (EMT) arrived. However, he was resuscitated in cooperation with bystander, EMT, a nearest hospital and our hospital on resuscitation. Nearly full recovery ultimately resulted. Even incomplete resuscitation performed immediately by a bystander may offer a better chance of survival and permit a better functional outcome in traumatic asphyxia than proficient but delayed cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
