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FAST - Cardiac Tamponade - Torn atrial appendage.
WCUME 2017 Submission for Best POCUS - Massive hemopericardium
FAST - Cardiac Tamponade ... with coagulating blood ... a pediatric trauma ... Clinical #Peds #Trauma ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
ED Thoracotomy Instructions

Getting Into the Chest:
1. Bilateral finger thoracotomies
  • 4th or 5th intercostal space
Evacuate clots/blood ... Asystole and no tamponade ... Cardiac Massage ... procedure #emergency #trauma ... #checklist #thoracic
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... accumulation of blood ... cardiothoracic surgery, trauma ... • Call for cardiac ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Resuscitative Thoracotomy
NOTE: this video is NOT standard technique.
Aka "cracking the chest". A potentially life saving technique
Intial blood output ... bleeding -release cardiac ... tamponade -cardiac ... injury repair ... -internal cardiac