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Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: ED Thoracotomy Instructions
1. CALL FOR HELP.
2. GATHER SUPPLIES.
   +/- Sterile gloves,
Arrest: ED Thoracotomy ... Evacuate Pericardium ... Massage Cross-Clamp Aorta ... Instructions #procedure #emergency ... #trauma #checklist
ED Thoracotomy Instructions

Getting Into the Chest:
1. Bilateral finger thoracotomies
  • 4th or 5th intercostal space
Compress aorta ... ribs until feel aorta ... Cardiac Massage ... Instructions #procedure #emergency ... #trauma #checklist
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... EMERGENCY PERICARDIOCENTESIS ... to identify pericardial ... toward the largest pericardial ... Intraoperative #Checklist
This is a parasternal long axis view demonstrating significant enlargement of the aortic root with an
proximal ascending aorta ... Assistant Professor of Emergency ... Division Chief, Ultrasound ... Clinical #POCUS #Cardiac ... #Echocardiogram