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POCUS - Regional Anesthesia - Trauma Local Nerve Block

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

62M with severe chest wall abrasions,
Serratus Anterior ... Nerve Block for Ribs ... 62M with severe chest ... @UAB_Sono #Serratus ... Anterior #SAP #Ribs
Flail Chest on Physical Exam
Flail chest after 3 or more ribs are broken in 2 areas
Flail Chest on Physical ... Exam Flail chest ... after 3 or more ribs ... paradoxical motion of a chest ... #PhysicalExam #
Trauma - Paradoxical Breathing in Flail Chest 
It occurs when multiple adjacent ribs are broken in
Breathing in Flail Chest ... multiple adjacent ribs ... a part of the chest ... EkremMusalar #Flail #Chest ... Video #Clinical #PhysicalExam
Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
asphyxia Any rib ... of first three ribs ... Fracture of lower ribs ... injury Two or more rib ... chestxray #trauma #diagnosis
Flail Chest on Physical Exam
Flail chest occurs when 3 or more ribs are broken in at
Flail Chest on Physical ... Exam Flail chest ... when 3 or more ribs ... paradoxical motion of a chest ... #PhysicalExam #
Hoover's Sign

Hoover’s sign refers to inward movement of the lower rib cage during inspiration- instead of
movement of the lower rib ... of outward as is ... pulling the inferior ribs ... inwards with its ... Pulmonary #COPD #PhysicalExam
Rachitic Rosary of Rickets on Physical Exam

Bead-like prominences of bone are seen at the costochondral joints.
Rosary #Rickets #PhysicalExam ... clinical #video #chest ... #Ribs #VitaminD
ED Thoracotomy Instructions

Getting Into the Chest:
1. Bilateral finger thoracotomies
  • 4th or 5th intercostal space
Getting Into the Chest ... • Curve along rib ... Open chest with ... rib spreaders ... Run hand along ribs
Flail Chest- Check out the paradoxical chest wall movement 
Typical management: opiates for analgesia, intubation due
Flail Chest- Check ... the paradoxical chest ... to incr WOB + chest ... Alternative: Serratus ... Video #Clinical #PhysicalExam