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Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Flail Chest Breathing ... Four rib fractures ... fracture 2. 90% ... fractures have ... fractures missed
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Flail Chest Breathing ... Four rib fractures ... fracture 2. 90% ... fractures have ... fractures missed
Rib Fracture on POCUS

There is an interruption in the continuity of this bone (rib), indicated by
Rib Fracture on ... representing a fracture ... fractures. ... #Fracture #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound
Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
fracture - Pneumothorax ... vessel injury Fracture ... fractures in two ... more places - Flail ... injury, sternal fracture
Rib Fracture on POCUS

Instead of poorly-sensitive and time-consuming chest xray for rib fracture, instead just “Point
Rib Fracture on ... time-consuming chest ... xray for rib fracture ... #Fracture #POCUS ... ultrasound #msk #clinical
Flail Chest on Physical Exam after blunt trauma with multiple rib fractures

#Flail #Chest #respiratory #breathing #physicalexam
Flail Chest on Physical ... with multiple rib ... fractures #Flail ... #Chest #respiratory ... #physicalexam #clinical
Chest Trauma Complications - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Pericarditis
 • Myocardial Contusion
 •
Chest Trauma Complications ... Aortic Rupture* Chest ... Wall: • Rib Fractures ... • Flail Chest ... Esophageal Injury Lung
Rib fractures on POCUS 
1. look for a discontinuity at the site of pain and tenderness
Rib fractures on ... course based on chest ... as a step off / fracture ... #Rib #fracture # ... POCUS #clinical
Digital clubbing found in a 64 year old woman seen for pathological patellar fracture after a
pathological patellar fracture ... Chest X-Ray shows ... a likely lung carcinoma ... #fingernails #clinical
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Rib Fractures Rib ... fractures, though ... fractures. ... fracture on a chest ... wall, a chest x-ray