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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 ... bleeding vessels, lung
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 ... RibMetastases #RadiologyAssistant
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
right side of the chest ... the lung will lie ... against the anterior chest ... inferior part of the lung ... Cardiac #Incisura #RadiologyAssistant
Chest Injury Score for Blunt Chest Wall Trauma
Age - 1 - Per additional 10-year increase starting
Chest Injury Score ... for Blunt Chest ... age Number of rib ... Per additional rib ... fracture Chronic lung
Hemothorax on Lung POCUS with Spine Sign

GSW to left chest.  Perisplenic window focusing on lower
Hemothorax on Lung ... POCUS with Spine ... GSW to left chest ... focusing on lower chest ... #POCUS #Spine #
Lung Ultrasound for Diagnosing Pneumonia - Scan through 6 zones (3 per side) 1. Midclavicular line
Lung Ultrasound ... on the anterior chest ... the posterior chest ... Peds #EM #PICU #POCUS ... #Lung #Pneumonia
Chest X-Ray Interpretation Checklist
Outline ALL bones
Check soft tissues
Assess heart borders
Is density, behind the heart the same
Chest X-Ray Interpretation ... tumour, cervical rib ... Check lung periphery ... radiologistpage #Chest
Serratus Anterior Plane (SAP) Nerve Block for Ribs on POCUS 

62M with severe chest wall abrasions,
Nerve Block for Ribs ... on POCUS 62M ... with severe chest ... Anterior #SAP #Ribs ... #NerveBlock #POCUS
Chest Tube Placement Checklist
PREPARATION
 o Consent
 o Position Patient
 o Monitoring
 o Time Out
 o Review
Chest Tube Placement ... Tube Tray o Chest ... tissue and down to rib ... Dissect above one rib ... ensure that the lung
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
in interstitial lung ... On a Chest X-Ray ... is interstitial lung ... detected on a chest ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant