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POCUS - Regional Anesthesia - Trauma Local Nerve Block

 - Ribs
 - Serratus
 - Fascia Iliaca
POCUS - Regional ... Anesthesia - Trauma ... Nerve Block - Ribs ... - Serratus - ... #Ultrasound #Ribs
Serratus Anterior Plane (SAP) Nerve Block for Ribs on POCUS 

62M with severe chest wall abrasions,
Serratus Anterior ... Plane (SAP) Nerve ... on POCUS 62M ... #Anterior #SAP ... #POCUS #ultrasound
Trauma - Paradoxical Breathing in Flail Chest 
It occurs when multiple adjacent ribs are broken in
Trauma - Paradoxical ... Breathing in Flail ... multiple adjacent ribs ... #Flail #Chest #Breathing ... #Pattern #Trauma
Serratus Anterior Plane (SAP) Nerve Block for Ribs on POCUS 

Ribs 2-10 fractured -> POCUS guided
Serratus Anterior ... Plane (SAP) Nerve ... Block for Ribs ... on POCUS Ribs ... #Anterior #SAP
Landmarks for Serratus Anterior Plane Block (SAPB) on POCUS
Pain related to rib fractures can be difficult
Landmarks for Serratus ... ) on POCUS Pain ... related to rib ... anterolateral rib ... #POCUS #clinical
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Flail Chest Breathing ... Four rib fractures ... missed by non-trauma ... #Flail #Chest #Breathing ... clinical #video #trauma
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Flail Chest Breathing ... Four rib fractures ... missed by non-trauma ... #Flail #Chest #Breathing ... clinical #video #trauma
Flail Chest- Check out the paradoxical chest wall movement 
Typical management: opiates for analgesia, intubation due
Alternative: Serratus ... #Flail #Chest #Breathing ... #Pattern #Trauma
ED Thoracotomy Instructions

Getting Into the Chest:
1. Bilateral finger thoracotomies
  • 4th or 5th intercostal space
• Curve along rib ... • Scissors or saw ... Open chest with rib ... Run hand along ribs ... procedure #emergency #trauma
FAST Exam in a Blunt Trauma patient with Shattered Spleen

1. Know your US anatomy
2. Beware of
Exam in a Blunt Trauma ... Sam Ghali @EM_RESUS ... Clinical #Anatomy #POCUS