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Thoracic Trauma - Lethal 6 and Hidden 6 of Thoracic Trauma
The Lethal 6 of Thoracic Trauma:
Thoracic Trauma ... 6 of Thoracic Trauma ... 6 of Thoracic Trauma ... Tamponade • Flail Chest ... #diagnosis #management
Flail Chest- Check out the paradoxical chest wall movement 
Typical management: opiates for analgesia, intubation due
Flail Chest- Check ... the paradoxical chest ... movement Typical management ... to incr WOB + chest ... Breathing #Pattern #Trauma
The Trauma Call Timeline

- A trauma team assembles rapidly in response to a major trauma alert
The Trauma Call ... Timeline - A trauma ... response to a major trauma ... to guide early management ... radiography for chest
A NEXUS Chest Rule has been developed to help limit overutilization of imaging and radiation exposure
A NEXUS Chest Rule ... exposure in blunt trauma ... injury in blunt trauma ... #Management #Trauma ... Nexus #Criteria #Chest
General Guidelines for Emergent Exploratory Thoracotomy
 - Initial thoracostomy tube drainage > 20 mL/Kg 
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hemothorax seen on chest ... #Indications #Management ... #Trauma #Hemothorax
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
Chest Pain Diagnosis ... and Management ... instrumentation, EtOH, blunt trauma ... Asthenic body, h/o trauma ... ChestPain #Diagnosis #Management
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
ARDS: Clinical Cheat ... cause such as trauma ... Management ● Early ... Conservative fluid-management ... ● Supportive management
Pediatric Trauma Primary Survey: C-ABCDE
C - Catastrophic Bleeding - Life-threatening hemorrhage
 • Apply direct pressure/compression bandage
Pediatric Trauma ... • Decompress chest ... thoracostomy, chest ... #Pediatrics #Trauma ... Survey #CABCDE #management
Subcutaneous emphysema on Chest XRay

Etiologies:   Pneumothorax (spontaneous or traumatic), trauma (tracheobronchial injury, barotrauma), esophageal
Subcutaneous emphysema on Chest ... or traumatic), trauma ... inhalation Management
Common Elbow Trama - Overview
#Management #Ortho #Common #Elbow #Trauma #Table #Overview
Common Elbow Trama ... - Overview #Management ... Common #Elbow #Trauma