• Unconsciousness
• Absence of respiration
• No palpable pulse
  
  Cardiac arrest following trauma is rarely survivable since it is usually due to direct cardiac injury, prolonged lack of oxygen, or massive haemorrhage.

• Effective airway management
• Artificial ventilation
• External cardiac massage
• (Defibrillation)
• (Drugs - Adrenaline)

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