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Oct 2022
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Podcast 823: Immediate Resuscitative Tho...

EMERGENCY MEDICAL MINUTE
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Contributor: Jared Scott, MD

Educational Pearls:

  • Immediate resuscitative thoracotomy can be performed in the ED to gain rapid access to the thoracic cavity in cases of traumatic cardiac arrest
  • Western Trauma Association Society Criteria for ED thoracotomy
    • Blunt trauma +
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