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Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
Pertinent Chest ... asphyxia Any rib ... of first three ribs ... Fracture of lower ribs ... injury Two or more rib
The second most common chest wall abnormalities that we see on a CXR are metastases in
second most common chest ... vertebral bodies and ribs ... the posterior rib ... Tumor #Metastases #Rib
Serratus Anterior Plane (SAP) Nerve Block for Ribs on POCUS 

62M with severe chest wall abrasions,
Nerve Block for Ribs ... 62M with severe chest ... abrasions, clavicle, rib ... Anterior #SAP #Ribs
Flail Chest on Physical Exam
Flail chest after 3 or more ribs are broken in 2 areas
Flail Chest on Physical ... Exam Flail chest ... after 3 or more ribs ... paradoxical motion of a chest ... FedeRebustello #Flail #Chest
Trauma - Paradoxical Breathing in Flail Chest 
It occurs when multiple adjacent ribs are broken in
Breathing in Flail Chest ... multiple adjacent ribs ... a part of the chest ... EkremMusalar #Flail #Chest
Flail Chest on Physical Exam
Flail chest occurs when 3 or more ribs are broken in at
Flail Chest on Physical ... Exam Flail chest ... when 3 or more ribs ... paradoxical motion of a chest ... ge_maranduba #Flail #Chest
ED Thoracotomy Instructions

Getting Into the Chest:
1. Bilateral finger thoracotomies
  • 4th or 5th intercostal space
Getting Into the Chest ... • Curve along rib ... Open chest with ... rib spreaders ... Inside the Chest
Figure of 3 Sign - Coarctation of the Aorta on Chest X-Ray

The figure of 3 sign
of the Aorta on Chest ... The rib notching ... surface of the ribs ... the 4th to 8th ribs ... Coarctation #Aorta #Chest
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Flail Chest Breathing ... Four rib fractures ... shows a flail chest ... with multiple rib ... rob_cosentini #Flail #Chest
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Flail Chest Breathing ... Four rib fractures ... shows a flail chest ... with multiple rib ... rob_cosentini #Flail #Chest