Managing Great Vessel Trauma and Wound Care in the Trauma Bay

The chapter covers the use of high alert twist maneuver and the debate over compressing the high limb vs. pulmonary vessels in controlling bleeding, as well as clamshell thoracotomy for managing great vessel penetrating trauma in the trauma bay. It emphasizes manual occlusion for hemostasis, differences in managing gunshot wounds versus stab wounds, and the caution against using Foley catheters for tamponade in cardiac trauma.