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This is a parasternal long axis view demonstrating significant enlargement of the aortic root with an
a parasternal long ... proximal ascending aorta ... Assistant Professor of Emergency ... Director #Clinical #POCUS ... AorticDissection #Aorta
ED Thoracotomy Instructions

Getting Into the Chest:
1. Bilateral finger thoracotomies
  • 4th or 5th intercostal space
bleeding vessels, lung ... Compress aorta ... ribs until feel aorta ... Massage • 2 flat ... #trauma #checklist
Chest Trauma Complications - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Pericarditis
 • Myocardial Contusion
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Chest Trauma Complications ... Contusion • Acute Aortic ... Esophageal Injury Lung ... : • Pulmonary ... #Causes
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
suffered no head trauma ... This post will focus ... arise from blunt trauma ... Most commonly caused ... Radiology #CTChest #Lung