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Chest Tube Placement Checklist
PREPARATION
 o Consent
 o Position Patient
 o Monitoring
 o Time Out
 o Review
Checklist PREPARATION ... Tube Tray o Chest ... tissue and down to rib ... Dissect above one rib ... o Connect to pleural
Malignant Pleural Effusions
Malignant pleural effusion with atelectasis. Echo was ordered after chest x-ray to rule out
Malignant Pleural ... pleural effusion ... ordered after chest ... x-ray to rule out ... #clinical #pocus
Rib Fracture on POCUS

Instead of poorly-sensitive and time-consuming chest xray for rib fracture, instead just “Point
POCUS Instead ... time-consuming chest ... xray for rib fracture ... #Fracture #POCUS ... #ultrasound #msk
Pleuroscopy in a patient with Hemothorax 
Two weeks ago the patient fell on the left side
side and broke 8 ribs ... In the chest xray ... there was a huge pleural ... effusion . ... pleuroscopy the chest
Empyema on POCUS

89-year-old male with fever and dyspnea. Lung ultrasound reveals what chest x-ray hides -
Empyema on POCUS ... ultrasound reveals what chest ... x-ray hides - Loculated ... Pleural Effusion ... #Effusion