RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 BET1: Pre-hospital finger thoracostomy in patients with traumatic cardiac arrest JF Emergency Medicine Journal JO Emerg Med J FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine SP 417 OP 418 DO 10.1136/emermed-2017-206808.1 VO 34 IS 6 A1 Pritchard Jodie A1 Hogg Kerstin YR 2017 UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/6/417.2.abstract AB A short cut review was carried out to see if ‘finger’ thoracostomy was a safe and effective procedure to use in the pre-hospital setting in patients with traumatic cardiac arrest. Three relevant papers were found describing the use of this technique in the pre-hospital setting. The author, date and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes, results study weaknesses of these papers are tabulated. Finger thoracostomy appears to be an acceptable and effective technique for trained physicians in the pre-hospital setting.