Originally Posted By: paramedicpete
However, if a patient is not breathing, has no pulse and the need for CPR has been established, you should as carefully as possible, maintaining some time of C-spine control, get them out of the vehicle ASAP. Remember the adage “life over limb”; if CPR is required leaving them in place is only going to result in death. Effective CPR cannot be readily performed while they are in the vehicle.


Pete

I would add to Pete's comment.
If they are not breathing or beating then they are already dead and you can not kill an already dead person.
CPR needs them on a solid surface to work, and it needs to happen right away to have even a slight hope of working.
In multiple victim scenes the triage system tells you to not even start on them until you have attended to life threatening injuries affecting other victims who are breathing and beating.
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