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Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
Findings in the Trauma ... Pneumothorax, pulmonary ... - Flail chest, pulmonary ... vessel injury, pulmonary ... cxr #chestxray #trauma
Trauma - Paradoxical Breathing in Flail Chest 
It occurs when multiple adjacent ribs are broken in
Trauma - Paradoxical ... multiple adjacent ribs ... Breathing #Pattern #Trauma ... #PhysicalExam #Pulmonary
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Four rib fractures ... missed by non-trauma ... identify also pulmonary ... clinical #video #trauma ... #pulmonary
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Four rib fractures ... missed by non-trauma ... identify also pulmonary ... clinical #video #trauma ... #pulmonary
POCUS - Regional Anesthesia - Trauma Local Nerve Block

 - Ribs
 - Serratus
 - Fascia Iliaca
Regional Anesthesia - Trauma ... Nerve Block - Ribs ... POCUS #Ultrasound #Ribs
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 ... Hoovers #Sign #Pulmonary
Flail Chest on Physical Exam
Flail chest after 3 or more ribs are broken in 2 areas
after 3 or more ribs ... clinical #video #Pulmonary
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 ... procedure #emergency #trauma
Scoliosis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings (Cobb Angle > 10 Degrees)

 • Incr Axial rotation of thoracic
joints to the ribs ... -> The rib cage ... transverse plane -> Rib ... prominence of the rib ... Exertion, Restrictive Pulmonary
Thoracic Trauma - Lethal 6 and Hidden 6 of Thoracic Trauma
The Lethal 6 of Thoracic Trauma:
Thoracic Trauma ... 6 of Thoracic Trauma ... 6 of Thoracic Trauma ... 6 of Thoracic Trauma ... Esophageal Injury • Pulmonary