A survivor with unexplained chest scars

Viviane Donner; Mathieu Affaticati; Elodie Izydorczyk; Sara Cereghetti

doi:10.1186/s12245-024-00618-0

A survivor with unexplained chest scars

Int J Emerg Med. 2024 Mar 28;17(1):44. doi: 10.1186/s12245-024-00618-0.

Authors

Viviane Donner¹, Mathieu Affaticati², Elodie Izydorczyk³, Sara Cereghetti³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Intensive Care, Department of Anaesthesiology, Clinical Pharmacology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, Geneva, CH 1211, Switzerland. [email protected].
² Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Anaesthesiology, Clinical Pharmacology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, Geneva, CH 1211, Switzerland.
³ Division of Intensive Care, Department of Anaesthesiology, Clinical Pharmacology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, Geneva, CH 1211, Switzerland.

Abstract

This case illustrates chest scars after piston-based chest compression device resuscitation and raises the awareness of the potential benefits of following up survivors of critical illness.

Keywords: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Chest compression device; Keloid scar; PICS (Post Intensive Care Syndrome).