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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 ... #trauma #checklist
Rib Fracture on POCUS

Instead of poorly-sensitive and time-consuming chest xray for rib fracture, instead just “Point
Rib Fracture on ... time-consuming chest ... xray for rib fracture ... #Fracture #POCUS ... #ultrasound #msk
Figure of 3 Sign - Coarctation of the Aorta on Chest X-Ray

The figure of 3 sign
on Chest X-Ray ... specifically to inferior ... and erode the inferior ... Commonly seen in long-standing ... #Chest #XRay #clinical
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 ... Massage Cross-Clamp Aorta
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Rib Fractures Rib ... with rib fractures ... fracture on a chest ... wall, a chest x-ray ... #Lung #Pulmonary
Rib Subluxation on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

60ish yo patient presents with left sided CP, SOB,
Care Ultrasound (POCUS ... No hx of trauma. ... CXR and CTA Chest ... fractures, and ... #Clinical #MSK
Rib fractures on POCUS 
1. look for a discontinuity at the site of pain and tenderness
Rib fractures on ... in line on long ... course based on chest ... #Rib #fracture # ... #ultrasound #trauma