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Trauma - Paradoxical Breathing in Flail Chest 
It occurs when multiple adjacent ribs are broken in
- Paradoxical Breathing ... multiple adjacent ribs ... #Flail #Chest #Breathing
Lumbar Spine X-Ray Anatomy and Interpretation Checklist
 - Pedicles
 - Vertebral heights and end plates
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Interpretation Checklist ... Sacro-iliac joints - Ribs ... #anatomy #msk #checklist
Hoover's Sign

Hoover’s sign refers to inward movement of the lower rib cage during inspiration- instead of
movement of the lower rib ... pulling the inferior ribs ... Video #Clinical #Breathing
DKA Resuscitation Checklist
 - Diagnostic evaluation 
 - Crystalloid 
 - Electrolyte repletion 
 - High-flow
Resuscitation Checklist ... elevated work of breathing ... Ketoacidosis #DKA #Checklist
Flail Chest on Physical Exam
Flail chest after 3 or more ribs are broken in 2 areas
after 3 or more ribs ... #PhysicalExam #Breathing
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Flail Chest Breathing ... Four rib fractures ... each additional rib ... with multiple rib ... #Flail #Chest #Breathing
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Flail Chest Breathing ... Four rib fractures ... each additional rib ... with multiple rib ... #Flail #Chest #Breathing
Flail Chest on Physical Exam
Flail chest occurs when 3 or more ribs are broken in at
when 3 or more ribs ... #PhysicalExam #Breathing
FAST HUGS BID - ICU Checklist Mnemonic
F - Feeding
A - Analgesia
S - Sedation
T - Thromboprophylaxis
H -
HUGS BID - ICU Checklist ... - Spontaneous Breathing ... FASTHUGSBID #ICU #Checklist
ED Thoracotomy Instructions

Getting Into the Chest:
1. Bilateral finger thoracotomies
  • 4th or 5th intercostal space
• Curve along rib ... Open chest with rib ... Run hand along ribs ... emergency #trauma #checklist