ETM Journal Club: A procedural check list for pleural decompression and intercostal catheter insertion for adult major trauma.
Injury, Int. J. Care Injured 46 (2015) 42–44 (As of Feb 28th 2015 – available full-text free) The goal of treatment for traumatic pneumothoraces is pleural decompression, not placement of a tube. Correct insertion technique for intercostal catheters after chest...
Life after death: the long term outcome of ED thoracotomy survivors
The last year or two have seen some excellent online discussion and teaching around the enigmatic procedure of ED thoracotomy, including Scott Weingart from EMCrit’s “Crack to Cure” talk (also given at SMACC recently), and Cliff Reid at Resus.me has...Log In
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