52 in 52 – #4: Emergency Resuscitative Thoracotomy
The ’52 in 52′ series is back with emergency resuscitative thoracotomy.
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Unlocking Common ED Procedures: Resuscitative Thoracotomy in the ED
Resuscitative thoracotomy is an essential procedure to know for emergency clinicians. This post provides the indications, contraindications, steps, and pearls.
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Unlocking Common ED Procedures – Cutting Through the Triangle: A Review of Tube Thoracostomy in the ED
Anthony DeVivo is back with another post in his series on ED procedures. Today he looks at tube thoracostomy, or the chest tube!
Managing a Massive Hemothorax: A Guide to Stabilizing Your Patient
A hemothorax most commonly occurs secondary to penetrating or blunt chest wall trauma, with up to 70-80% of hemothoraces due to motor vehicle collisions. These injuries can cause rapid decompensation, but diagnosis and management isn’t always easy. This post is filled with pearls and pitfalls in diagnosis and management of massive hemothorax.
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Pearls for the management of GSW associated traumatic injury
The patient with GSW can present in a variety of states ranging from hemodynamic stability to loss of pulses. Several literature updates have evaluated specific components of the care of these patients including airway, breathing, hemorrhage control, thoracotomy, and REBOA. This post evaluates the updated literature and provides pearls and pitfalls in the care of these potentially sick patients.
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