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Resuscitative thoracotomy
Author(s) -
Groombridge Christopher,
Maini Amit,
O'Keeffe Francis,
Noonan Mike,
Smit De Villiers,
Mathew Joseph,
Fitzgerald Mark
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
emergency medicine australasia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1742-6723
pISSN - 1742-6731
DOI - 10.1111/1742-6723.13689
Subject(s) - medicine , thoracotomy , cardiac tamponade , tamponade , decompression , anesthesia , intensive care medicine , surgery , general surgery
A trauma patient with cardiac tamponade may not survive transfer to the operating theatre for pericardial decompression. This article describes an approach to a resuscitative thoracotomy in the ED, which may be life‐saving in these patients when a cardiothoracic surgeon is not immediately available.