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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 ... #emergency #trauma
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 ... INSIDE THE CHEST ... #Instructions #procedure
Rib Subluxation on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

60ish yo patient presents with left sided CP, SOB,
Rib Subluxation ... Care Ultrasound (POCUS ... No hx of trauma. ... CXR and CTA Chest ... #Subluxation #POCUS
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
(JVP, edema), Lung ... Exam, POCUS (B-lines ... , lung sliding) ... Troponin), ABG, STAT CXR ... , CTA Chest, Echocardiogram
Rib fractures on POCUS 
1. look for a discontinuity at the site of pain and tenderness
US beats CXR on ... Most CXR are wasted ... in line on long ... course based on chest ... #ultrasound #trauma
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
This post will focus ... x-ray (CXR), try ... not seen on a CXR ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Lung #Pulmonary