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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
Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial Effusion

Apical 4 chamber. Note larger right sided pericardial effusion with significant compression
with Pericardial ... #pericardial #effusion ... MyocardialInfarction #AMI #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #ultrasound #Cardiology ... #A4c #clinical
Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Valentine's day.  Shot through the heart--but not by Cupid.
Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Hemopericardium #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #S4C #clinical ... #cardiology #ultrasound ... #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 causing Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram (A4c)
Hypotensive + respiratory distress. At first glance you
Malignant Pericardial ... Tamponade on Echocardiogram ... (A4c) Hypotensive ... Tamponade #clinical #ultrasound ... #a4c #echocardiogram
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram (S4c)
Hypotensive + respiratory distress. At first glance you
Malignant Pericardial ... Tamponade on Echocardiogram ... (S4c) Hypotensive ... Tamponade #clinical #ultrasound ... #s4c #echocardiogram
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... cardiothoracic surgery, trauma ... pericaridiocentesis, or whether thoracotomy ... to identify pericardial ... toward the largest pericardial
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
Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram after Stab Wound
Young adult stab to left chest. BP 116/64, HR 108.
Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram ... large amount of pericardial ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #trauma #Stab # ... s4c