Atlanto-occipital dislocation in a patient presenting with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a case report and literature review

Table 3 Timeline of interventions

Timeline
Day 1	Trauma and prehospital treatment
	Academic trauma center	Evaluation in the emergency room	eFAST ultrasound examination; chest X-ray; whole body CT; MRI of head and neck; echocardiography; neurological, neurosurgical, and cardiologic case conference
	Academic trauma center	Intensive care unit	Chest drains and central venous access
Day 2			Halo fixation, transient pacemaker, tracheostomy
Day 23			First response to verbal contact, moving all extremities
Day 23–56	Local hospital	Intensive care unit and in-patient treatment	First walk alone, LifeVest® (personal defibrillator vest worn by a patient with risk for sudden cardiac arrest)
2 months – 4 months	Neurological rehabilitation facility		Rehabilitation
4 months	Out-patient treatment		Coronary angiography
6 months	Out-patient treatment		Implantation of a cardioverter-defibrillator

CT computed tomography, eFAST extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma, MRI magnetic resonance imaging

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