Pushing Yourself to the Maximum: What Do Prehospital Interventions Do to the Heart Rates of the Prehospital Team Involved? A Case Report.

Little is known about the heart rate changes of prehospital clinicians when performing potentially "stressful" interventions. This case report demonstrates the heart rate changes of two prehospital clinicians when performing a resuscitative thoracotomy. It demonstrates the peak heart rates correlating to the main intervention performed. This highlights areas for future research including the effect heart rate has on optimal performance.