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ED Thoracotomy Instructions

Getting Into the Chest:
1. Bilateral finger thoracotomies
  • 4th or 5th intercostal space
ED Thoracotomy Instructions ... • Scissors or saw ... bleeding vessels, lung ... #Thoracotomy #Instructions ... emergency #trauma #checklist
Lumbar Spine X-Ray Anatomy and Interpretation Checklist
 - Pedicles
 - Vertebral heights and end plates
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Interpretation Checklist ... joints - Ribs - Lung ... radiology #diagnosis #labeled ... #anatomy #msk # ... checklist
Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: ED Thoracotomy Instructions
1. CALL FOR HELP.
2. GATHER SUPPLIES.
   +/- Sterile gloves,
ED Thoracotomy Instructions ... Use 2 fingers to ... protect the lung ... #Thoracotomy #Instructions ... emergency #trauma #checklist
COVID-19 Intubation Checklist

Personal protective equipment (PPE)
 • Standard PPE
   • N95 or PAPR.
-19 Intubation Checklist ... under-layer ideally long-cuffed ... using BVM: Hold mask ... don't actively bag ... COVID19 #Intubation #Checklist
Flexor Tenosynovitis + Finger Abscess on POCUS! 
POCUS water bath demonstrates beautifully!
 
Dr. Michael I. Prats
Tenosynovitis + Finger ... Tenosynovitis #Finger ... clinical #pocus #ultrasound ... #msk #labeled #
Flexor Tenosynovitis on POCUS

Index finger including flexor tendon being viewed.  Note small fluid around the
POCUS Index finger ... Kanavel’s signs: finger ... Tenosynovitis #POCUS #MSK ... clinical #radiology #finger ... #ultrasound #labeled
Flexor Tenosynovitis on POCUS

Which of the following diagnoses does this clip best support?
Resolution: flexor tenosynovitis (majority
patients index finger ... Labeled Schematic ... Tenosynovitis #POCUS #MSK ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #Finger
Point of Care Ultrasound - Probe Movements
SWEEPING:
Here we slide the probe along a slug trail of
Point of Care Ultrasound ... into view, we can fine-tune ... short axis, to long ... is obtaining a SAX ... Movements #Motion #Ultrasound
Post-Intubation Pre-Departure Checklist - COVID19
1. If intubated, CONFIRM ETT PLACEMENT -> EtCO2
   - If
Pre-Departure Checklist ... TRANSPORT + HiOX mask ... O2 tank, BVM + filter ... chart in plastic bag ... Post #Intubation #Checklist
Gangrenous cholecystitis with sloughed, intraluminal membranes on POCUS
Worsening RUQ pain/fever. Ill-appearing, low BP. WBC 22.4K. POCUS
gallbladder on sag ... distended: 20 cm sag ... Inner mucosal layer ... after surgery and long ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound