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ED Thoracotomy Instructions

Getting Into the Chest:
1. Bilateral finger thoracotomies
  • 4th or 5th intercostal space
• Scissors or saw ... • Evacuate clots ... Asystole and no tamponade ... Compress aorta ... procedure #emergency #trauma
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... cardiothoracic surgery, trauma ... help and inform clinical ... Plan definitive management ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) on POCUS

Here's the abdominal ultrasound of a man who was in
the abdominal ultrasound ... forget about the #Aorta ... - Sam Ghali, ... Aneurysm #POCUS #Clinical ... #Ultrasound #Clot
Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS
Hypotension in trauma is not always due to hypovolemia. This was a great
Cardiac Tamponade ... Hypotension in trauma ... for definitive management ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #trauma
Paraesophageal Abscess on POCUS
Pt with severe chest/abd pain. Ill/febrile. RUSH exam performed.  Diagnosis?  Patient
been having a lot ... IVC-Aorta Sag sweep ... been vomiting a lot ... Abscess #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound
Resuscitative Thoracotomy
NOTE: this video is NOT standard technique.
Aka "cracking the chest". A potentially life saving technique
10% depending on clinical ... release cardiac tamponade ... massage -descending aorta ... priority and bvm/sga ... for cross-clamp aorta