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Suspicious Fractures for Abuse - Non-accidental Trauma

Metaphyseal fracture (Bucket handle fracture or Corner fracture) 
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Non-accidental Trauma ... Rib fracture ... with CPR (not posterior ... • Multiple bones ... Sternal fracture
Sternal Fracture on Ultrasound

Sternal fractures are not seen on x-ray. Here you can see the step-off
Sternal Fracture ... Ultrasound Sternal ... #fracture #trauma ... #pocus #clinical ... #ultrasound #sternum
Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
Pertinent Chest x-ray ... Findings in the Trauma ... vessel injury, sternal ... abdominal viscus #cxr ... #chestxray #trauma
Sternal fracture on POCUS. 

It’s super easy! Place linear probe in long axis over point of
Sternal fracture ... disruption of bony ... much higher than CXR ... lmccaff120 #Sternal ... #Sternum #Fracture
Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: ED Thoracotomy Instructions
1. CALL FOR HELP.
2. GATHER SUPPLIES.
   +/- Sterile gloves,
spreaders) For sternum ... : Sternal saw, Lebsche ... 4th ICS, along rib ... Scissors, up to sternum ... Cut sternum: Sternal
Rib fractures on POCUS 
1. look for a discontinuity at the site of pain and tenderness
Rib fractures on ... US beats CXR on ... in line on long ... #Rib #fracture # ... #ultrasound #trauma
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
This post will focus ... Rib Fractures Rib ... x-ray (CXR), try ... seen on a CXR.2 ... Radiology #CTChest #Lung