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. 2021 Feb;33(1):138-141.
doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13689. Epub 2020 Nov 17.

Resuscitative thoracotomy

Christopher Groombridge  1 , Amit Maini  1 , Francis O'Keeffe  1 , Mike Noonan  1 , De Villiers Smit  1 , Joseph Mathew  1 , Mark Fitzgerald  1
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Resuscitative thoracotomy

Christopher Groombridge et al. Emerg Med Australas. 2021 Feb.

Abstract

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.

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