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The Trauma Call Timeline

- A trauma team assembles rapidly in response to a major trauma alert
The Trauma Call ... of catastrophic bleeding ... resuscitation to control bleeding ... restore tissue perfusion ... Teamwork #Approach #Checklist
Hemothorax - Thoracic ultrasound in trauma
False positive for consolidated lung- organized clot in pleural space after
Hemothorax - Thoracic ultrasound ... in trauma False ... Hemothorax #Thoracic #ultrasound ... #trauma #pulmonary ... #effusion #hemorrhagic
Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy on Pelvic Ultrasound
25 y/o f w acute abd pain and vaginal bleeding. Upreg
Pregnancy on Pelvic Ultrasound ... pain and vaginal bleeding ... useful in non-trauma ... Global Ultrasound ... Pregnancy #Pelvic #Ultrasound
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
Pancreatitis management checklist ... management - RUQ ultrasound ... or postpyloric feeding ... pain-dose ketamine infusion ... #Pancreatitis #Checklist
ED Thoracotomy Instructions

Getting Into the Chest:
1. Bilateral finger thoracotomies
  • 4th or 5th intercostal space
clamp/pressure to bleeding ... • Ex: visible bleeding ... procedure #emergency #trauma ... #checklist #thoracic
Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: ED Thoracotomy Instructions
1. CALL FOR HELP.
2. GATHER SUPPLIES.
   +/- Sterile gloves,
: Sternal saw, trauma ... reversible pathology: bleeding ... procedure #emergency #trauma ... #checklist #thoracic
Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Valentine's day.  Shot through the heart--but not by Cupid.
clinical #cardiology #ultrasound ... #Pericardial #Effusion ... #Trauma
Malignant Complex Pleural Effusion on Lung POCUS
You are starting your RUSH exam on febrile/hypotensive patient with
Complex Pleural Effusion ... malignant pleural effusion ... subacute(on/off) bleeding ... top of malignant effusion ... POCUS #Pulmonary #Ultrasound
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Shock - Management Checklist ... edema - Large effusion ... nitroglycerine infusion ... (no B-lines on ultrasound ... cardiogenic shock #Checklist
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
of blood, pus, effusion ... cardiothoracic surgery, trauma ... • Call for ultrasound ... re-assess using ultrasound ... Intraoperative #Checklist