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Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: ED Thoracotomy Instructions
1. CALL FOR HELP.
2. GATHER SUPPLIES.
   +/- Sterile gloves,
to protect the lung ... Hand crank & long ... #Instructions #procedure ... #emergency #trauma ... #checklist #thoracic
ED Thoracotomy Instructions

Getting Into the Chest:
1. Bilateral finger thoracotomies
  • 4th or 5th intercostal space
Cut through sternum ... bleeding vessels, lung ... #Instructions #procedure ... #emergency #trauma ... #checklist #thoracic
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
suffered no head trauma ... This post will focus ... on a chest x-ray ... , a chest x-ray ... Radiology #CTChest #Lung