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Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Flail Chest Breathing ... shows a flail chest ... missed by non-trauma ... fractures missed by CXR ... rob_cosentini #Flail #Chest
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Flail Chest Breathing ... shows a flail chest ... missed by non-trauma ... fractures missed by CXR ... rob_cosentini #Flail #Chest
Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
Pertinent Chest ... places - Flail chest ... air leak after chest ... pattern in the chest ... abdominal viscus #cxr
Rib Subluxation on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

60ish yo patient presents with left sided CP, SOB,
Care Ultrasound (POCUS ... with left sided CP ... No hx of trauma. ... CXR and CTA Chest ... #Subluxation #POCUS
Cardiac incisura
Click image to enlarge.
On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
right side of the chest ... against the anterior chest ... reach the anterior chest ... be seen on many chest ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
ED Thoracotomy Instructions

Getting Into the Chest:
1. Bilateral finger thoracotomies
  • 4th or 5th intercostal space
Getting Into the Chest ... Open chest with ... Inside the Chest ... bleeding vessels, lung ... procedure #emergency #trauma
Chest X-Ray Interpretation Checklist
Outline ALL bones
Check soft tissues
Assess heart borders
Is density, behind the heart the same
Chest X-Ray Interpretation ... tumour, cervical rib ... Check lung periphery ... radiologistpage #Chest ... #XRay #CXR #Interpretation
Pneumonia on Chest Xray and POCUS

Extensive pneumonia in lower left lobe (red arrow). 
POCUS: Dynamic air
Pneumonia on Chest ... Xray and POCUS ... POCUS: Dynamic air ... #CXR #Comparison ... #Clinical #Lung
Chest Tube Placement Checklist
PREPARATION
 o Consent
 o Position Patient
 o Monitoring
 o Time Out
 o Review
Chest Tube Placement ... Meds o Review Cxr ... EQUIPMENT o Chest ... Tube Tray o Chest ... Feel inside the chest
Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: ED Thoracotomy Instructions
1. CALL FOR HELP.
2. GATHER SUPPLIES.
   +/- Sterile gloves,
GET INTO CHEST. ... 4th ICS, along rib ... to protect the lung ... bar are lateral ... INSIDE THE CHEST