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BIG T Trauma Series Ep. 14 - ED Thoracotomy: The Who

Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast

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Is There a Thorcotomy?

A 24 year old man shot in the left chest. C p r's been in progress for 35 minutes. Therre no signs of life. On arrival, ultra sound shows no cardiac activity and no tampanat ya. I think most people would agree that that patient's dead, and i wouldn't do any thorcotomy. Ok? So what if everything in that scenario remains the same? But on ultra sound you see the heart quivering. And again, no, mean, this is a tough one, right? Cause there's people are gong t be looking aut the ultrson with you. You knowt they just try to get patients as fast as they can to us

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