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Thoracic Trauma - Lethal 6 and Hidden 6 of Thoracic Trauma
The Lethal 6 of Thoracic Trauma:
Thoracic Trauma ... Hemothorax • Cardiac Tamponade ... • Flail Chest ... #diagnosis #management ... #injuries #differential
H’s and T’s Mnemonic - Causes of Cardiac Arrest
H's - Hypovolemia, Hypoxia, Hydrogen Ions (acidosis), Hyperkalemia
Toxins / Tablets, Tamponade ... Thromboembolism (Pulmonary), Trauma ... Arrest #Causes #differential ... diagnosis #acls #checklist
Open Pneumothorax - Sucking Penetrating Chest Wound
"SUCKING CHEST WOUND" - the term for penetrating trauma (likely
Wound "SUCKING CHEST ... WOUND" - the term ... for penetrating trauma ... Wound #clinical #video ... #trauma
An Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chest Pain #Diagnosis #Management #EM #IM #Chest #Pain #ChestPain #Evaluation
Evaluation of Chest ... Pain #Diagnosis #Management ... #EM #IM #Chest ... ChestPain #Evaluation #Differential
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 ... Breathing #Pattern #Trauma ... #Video #Clinical
The Trauma Call Timeline

- A trauma team assembles rapidly in response to a major trauma alert
The Trauma Call ... Timeline - A trauma ... to guide early management ... radiography for chest ... Teamwork #Approach #Checklist
ED Thoracotomy Instructions

Getting Into the Chest:
1. Bilateral finger thoracotomies
  • 4th or 5th intercostal space
Getting Into the Chest ... Open chest with ... Asystole and no tamponade ... procedure #emergency #trauma ... #checklist #thoracic
Chest Trauma Complications - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Pericarditis
 • Myocardial Contusion
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Chest Trauma Complications ... - Differential ... Cardiac: • Cardiac Tamponade ... #Trauma #Complications ... #Differential #
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
Chest Pain Diagnosis ... and Management ... , Radiation to arm ... Asthenic body, h/o trauma ... #Algorithm #differential
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
Council (UK) and ERC ... Hypothermia Tamponade ... CardiacArrest #Checklist ... #Differential # ... #Diagnosis #Management