East Gy Line Depends on Penetrating Thoracic Injuries

The east gy lines depend kind of on blunt or penetrating. And then it depends on where the injury actually is. So in penetrating thoracic injury, east gives a strong recommendation to do even ety thorcodomy if the patient presents pulse less with signs of life. western is pretty clear in that they rely on duration of c p r to determine whether thorecotomy is indicated.