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Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: ED Thoracotomy Instructions
1. CALL FOR HELP.
2. GATHER SUPPLIES.
   +/- Sterile gloves,
GET INTO CHEST. ... to protect the lung ... INSIDE THE CHEST ... #Instructions #procedure ... emergency #trauma #checklist
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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result in decreased lung ... - Emphysema - Lung ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... LowAttenuation #Differential ... #Diagram #Comparison
ED Thoracotomy Instructions

Getting Into the Chest:
1. Bilateral finger thoracotomies
  • 4th or 5th intercostal space
• Scissors or saw ... Open chest with ... bleeding vessels, lung ... #Instructions #procedure ... emergency #trauma #checklist
Chest Tube Placement Checklist
PREPARATION
 o Consent
 o Position Patient
 o Monitoring
 o Time Out
 o Review
Chest Tube Placement ... Checklist PREPARATION ... ensure that the lung ... #ChestTube #Checklist ... #Procedure #Management
Types of Urinary Diversion Procedures
Ileal Conduit:
 • Technically simpler, fewer complications, and well understood. No bladder
Urinary Diversion Procedures ... incontinence, Long-term ... No bag. ... Urinary #Diversion #Procedures ... #Types #Comparison
COVID-19 Intubation Checklist

Personal protective equipment (PPE)
 • Standard PPE
   • N95 or PAPR.
-19 Intubation Checklist ... under-layer ideally long-cuffed ... Procedure • Most ... don't actively bag ... Post-procedure
Lung point with CT Chest Sag correlate on Lung POCUS 

Dr. Robert Jones @RJonesSonoEM

#LungPoint #Pneumothorax #Lung
Lung point with ... CT Chest Sag correlate ... on Lung POCUS ... #Pneumothorax #Lung ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound
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Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Evaluation - Chest ... X-ray and lung ... ultrasound (exclude ... other lung disease ... Phos), CBC with differential
Diagnostic approach to the admitted patient with possible COVID-19

Initial evaluation
- Chest X-ray
- Lung ultrasound (thorough "lawn-mower"
evaluation - Chest ... X-ray - Lung ultrasound ... - CBC with differential
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
In the differential ... To differentiate ... the surrounding lung ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CTChest ... Cyst #Emphysema #Comparison