Let’s say you’re at your local axe throwing chapter, and your buddy takes an axe dead center of his sternum and keels over.

The idea here is that if you’re doing compressions, the patient is clinically already dead. Any damage done by removing the object isn’t going to cause further harm to an already dead person. We’ve now moved on from “best possible outcome” to literal life or death.

Conclusion
While this article only covers immediate, temporary care of an impaled object, there are a dozen other things that must be considered in a traumatic situation: performing a thorough physical assessment of the patient, treating for shock, treating other injuries, and more.


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