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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Echocardiography - Table ... of Cardiac Views ... -Chamber View (A4C ... • SC Abdominal Aorta ... #TTE #Echocardiogram
Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: ED Thoracotomy Instructions
1. CALL FOR HELP.
2. GATHER SUPPLIES.
   +/- Sterile gloves,
Traumatic Cardiac ... , trauma scissors ... Evacuate Pericardium ... Massage Cross-Clamp Aorta ... procedure #emergency #trauma
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
injury Cardiac ... injury (e.g., cardiac ... Blunt chest trauma ... Radiation Aortic ... sac) Chylopericardium
ED Thoracotomy Instructions

Getting Into the Chest:
1. Bilateral finger thoracotomies
  • 4th or 5th intercostal space
ED Thoracotomy Instructions ... • Scissors or saw ... Compress aorta ... Cardiac Massage ... procedure #emergency #trauma
Malignant Pericardial Effusion and Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C
CA patient with known pericardial effusion who
Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram ... - A4C CA patient ... BP stable. ... Effusion #Tamponade #Cardiac ... #A4C #cardiology
Pericardial Consistency Comparison on POCUS - Blood, Fat, Pus and Serous

Unclotted blood remains anechoic around clotted
Pericardial Consistency ... independently from cardiac ... #Fluid #POCUS #Table ... #Echocardiogram ... #S4C
Resuscitative Thoracotomy
NOTE: this video is NOT standard technique.
Aka "cracking the chest". A potentially life saving technique
Resuscitative Thoracotomy ... tamponade -cardiac ... massage -descending aorta ... priority and bvm/sga ... for cross-clamp aorta