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Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... accumulation of blood ... , pus, effusion ... cardiothoracic surgery ... , trauma or iatrogenic
Pediatric Trauma Primary Survey: C-ABCDE
C - Catastrophic Bleeding - Life-threatening hemorrhage
 • Apply direct pressure/compression bandage
Pediatric Trauma ... Primary Survey: ... or pericardial tamponade ... ongoing need For blood ... #Primary #Survey
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
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
delivery • Pause surgery ... rate, rhythm, perfusion ... , recheck blood ... tamponade → 3-9 ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Intraoperative Hypoxia / Desaturation / Cyanosis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Using these steps from start
delivery • Pause surgery ... , recheck blood ... check arterial blood ... tamponade → 3-9 ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Resuscitative Thoracotomy
NOTE: this video is NOT standard technique.
Aka "cracking the chest". A potentially life saving technique
with your initial surveys ... Intial blood output ... tamponade -cardiac ... injury repair ... Surgery of Trauma