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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
ED Thoracotomy Instructions

Getting Into the Chest:
1. Bilateral finger thoracotomies
  • 4th or 5th intercostal space
Getting Into the Chest ... Asystole and no tamponade ... #Instructions #procedure ... #emergency #trauma ... #checklist #thoracic
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
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Airway Intubation Checklist ... OPA, Suction, Video ... intubation) o Chest ... #intubation #checklist ... #procedure
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
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
Breathing • Check chest ... 1 o Cardiac tamponade ... #Hypotension #Differential ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Resuscitative Thoracotomy
NOTE: this video is NOT standard technique.
Aka "cracking the chest". A potentially life saving technique
Thoracotomy NOTE: this video ... release cardiac tamponade ... Review procedure ... ERT for blunt trauma ... Thoracotomy #clinical #video
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Airway Intubation Checklist ... OPA, Suction, Video ... intubation) o Chest ... #intubation #checklist ... #procedure