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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 ... a flail chest, initially ... missed by CXR, ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #trauma
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Flail Chest Breathing ... a flail chest, initially ... missed by CXR, ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #trauma
Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
Findings in the Trauma ... more places - Flail ... viscus #cxr ... #chestxray #trauma ... #diagnosis #signs
Post-Arrest Liver Laceration on POCUS
Liver laceration can occur secondarily to chest compressions. Delays in detecting post-arrest
secondarily to chest ... intra-abdominal ... biased towards cardiac ... Liver #Laceration #cpr ... #POCUS #clinical
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... cardiothoracic surgery, trauma ... indicated, start CPR ... arrest trolley ... care area.
Rib fractures on POCUS 
1. look for a discontinuity at the site of pain and tenderness
US beats CXR on ... Most CXR are wasted ... diagnosis; the ... course based on chest ... POCUS #clinical
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
This patient’s clinical ... trauma are diagnosed ... (CXR), try rotating ... not seen on a CXR ... consider intra-abdominal