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Sternal fracture on POCUS. 

60 year old PT, fell on her chest 4 days ago, tender
Sternal fracture ... bruise Note sternal ... @khldtaha #Sternal ... #Sternum #Fracture ... #trauma
Sternal Fracture on Ultrasound

Sternal fractures are not seen on x-ray. Here you can see the step-off
Sternal Fracture ... Ultrasound Sternal ... #fracture #trauma ... #pocus #clinical ... #ultrasound #sternum
Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: ED Thoracotomy Instructions
1. CALL FOR HELP.
2. GATHER SUPPLIES.
   +/- Sterile gloves,
spreaders) For sternum ... : Sternal saw, Lebsche ... Scissors, up to sternum ... Cut sternum: Sternal ... #checklist #thoracic
Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
x-ray Findings in ... the Trauma Patient ... and Implications ... vessel injury, sternal ... cxr #chestxray #trauma
ED Thoracotomy Instructions

Getting Into the Chest:
1. Bilateral finger thoracotomies
  • 4th or 5th intercostal space
Extend cut from sternum ... Cut through sternum ... #Instructions #procedure ... #emergency #trauma ... #checklist #thoracic
Posterior Knee Dislocation Injury
Specifically, POSTERIOR KNEE DISLOCATIONS can have significant associated injury that needs unique approach
Posterior Knee Dislocation ... Specifically, POSTERIOR KNEE ... Consider trauma/ ... Posterior #Injury #msk ... #clinical #video
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 ... potentially more serious internal ... on a chest x-ray ... , a chest x-ray
Resuscitative Thoracotomy
NOTE: this video is NOT standard technique.
Aka "cracking the chest". A potentially life saving technique
Thoracotomy NOTE: this video ... hands is not typically ... injury repair -internal ... Review procedure ... Please read more or ask