16 results
POCUS - Regional Anesthesia - Trauma Local Nerve Block

 - Ribs
 - Serratus
 - Fascia Iliaca
POCUS - Regional ... Anesthesia - Trauma ... Nerve Block - Ribs ... Nerve #Blocks #POCUS ... #Ultrasound #Ribs
ED Thoracotomy Instructions

Getting Into the Chest:
1. Bilateral finger thoracotomies
  • 4th or 5th intercostal space
• Curve along rib ... Open chest with rib ... bleeding vessels, lung ... Run hand along ribs ... procedure #emergency #trauma
Chest Injury Score for Blunt Chest Wall Trauma
Age - 1 - Per additional 10-year increase starting
Blunt Chest Wall Trauma ... age Number of rib ... Per additional rib ... fracture Chronic lung ... #Score #Blunt #Trauma
Diagnosed my own rib fracture! Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Dr. J. Christian Fox @jchristianfox

#Rib #Fracture #POCUS
Diagnosed my own rib ... Care Ultrasound (POCUS ... jchristianfox #Rib ... #Fracture #POCUS ... ultrasound #clinical #Trauma
Rib Subluxation on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

60ish yo patient presents with left sided CP, SOB,
Rib Subluxation ... sided CP, SOB, rib ... No hx of trauma. ... pneumothorax, PNA, rib ... ChrisKumetz #Rib
Chest Trauma Complications - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Pericarditis
 • Myocardial Contusion
 •
Chest Trauma Complications ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Chest Wall: • Rib ... Esophageal Injury Lung ... Hemothorax #Chest #Trauma
Horizontal reverberation artifacts - A-lines are visualized as hyperechoic, horizontal artifacts at regular intervals deep to
Note the ribs (r ... Radiology #PCC #POCUS ... #Lung #ALines #
Causes of Common Accidental and Non-Accidental Pediatric Fractures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Accidental Trauma
 - Distal Radius
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Accidental Trauma ... Non-Accidental Trauma ... Humerus, Tibia, Ribs ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: ED Thoracotomy Instructions
1. CALL FOR HELP.
2. GATHER SUPPLIES.
   +/- Sterile gloves,
4th ICS, along rib ... to protect the lung ... Hand crank & long ... : Sternal saw, trauma ... procedure #emergency #trauma
Rib fractures on POCUS 
1. look for a discontinuity at the site of pain and tenderness
Rib fractures on ... are wasted on rib ... If looking for rib ... axis with the rib ... #Rib #fracture #