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REBEL Core Cast 72.0 – Lung US

Take Home Points: Lung ultrasound is simple, quick and accurate for real time, bedside assessment of your patient with acute undifferentiated dyspnea PTX: least dependent area, shallow depth, lung sliding, lung point CHF: scan across the 4 zones of the …

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Procedures and SkillsThoracic and Respiratory

Optimal Needle Position for Decompression of Tension Pneumothorax

Background: Tension Pneumothorax (TP) can occur as a potentially life-threatening complication of chest trauma. With the risk of respiratory and cardiac arrest, an immediate temporizing intervention for this condition is required by direct Needle Decompression (ND). In 2018, the Advanced Trauma …

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Procedures and Skills

REBEL Core Cast 34.0 – Chest Tubes

Take Home Points Small to Moderate Size Pneumothorax – consider managing conservatively with observation (need to make sure consulting services on same page) Needle aspiration for spontaneous pneumothorax recommend by British Thoracic and European Respiratory Societies 1 in 5 patients …

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Procedures and Skills

REBEL Core Cast 33.0 – Needle Decompression

Take Home Points Forget the “traditional” needle decompression landmark Decompress at 4th or 5th intercostal space in the anterior axillary line

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Procedures and Skills

Spontaneous Pneumothorax: Stand There and Do Nothing?

Background: Most published clinical guidelines on the management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) advocate for a conservative approach of observation for small asymptomatic pneumothoraces (PTX).(1,2) However, procedural re-expansion with a catheter or chest tube is recommended for all large pneumothoraces, regardless …

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Procedures and SkillsThoracic and Respiratory

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