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    A resuscitative thoracotomy (sometimes referred to as an emergency department thoracotomy (EDT), trauma thoracotomy or, colloquially, as "cracking the...
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    Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) is a minimally-invasive procedure performed during resuscitation of critically-injured...
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  • minutes in an attempt to resuscitate him. As a last resort, the doctors cut open Lennon's chest and attempted a resuscitative thoracotomy to restore circulation...
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    2012). "Western Trauma Association critical decisions in trauma: resuscitative thoracotomy". The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 73 (6): 1359–1363...
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  • Well-known examples are cardiopulmonary resuscitation and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Adequate resuscitation and end-organ perfusion is best indicated...
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  • massive gastrointestinal bleeding such as in esophageal varices), resuscitative thoracotomy in cases of penetrating trauma or significant shear forces applied...
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  • favor in the late 19th century with the widespread adoption of manual resuscitative techniques such as the Marshall Hall method, Silvester's method, the...
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  • Advanced trauma life support Damage control surgery Early appropriate care Trauma center Trauma surgery Trauma team Procedures Resuscitative thoracotomy...
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    children because the accurate dosing of medicine may be critical for resuscitative efforts. A number of methods to estimate weight, including the Broselow...
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    for blood or air in the pleural cavity. Circulation is evaluated to resuscitate the patient, including the application of intravenous therapy. Disability...
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  • Reaction time, a term used in psychology Respiratory therapist Resuscitative thoracotomy Reverse transcriptase, an enzyme that transcribes RNA to DNA Richter's...
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    airway and breathing. Other interventions may include thoracostomy and thoracotomy, as well as treatment of the underlying cause of arrest. Basic life support...
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    called out to provide advanced airway management, blood transfusion, thoracotomy, ECMO, and ultrasound capabilities outside the hospital. Anesthesiologists...
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    than those achieved using thoracotomy in the short term, but produce smaller scars in the skin. Compared to open thoracotomy, VATS offers a shorter in-hospital...
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  • able to undertake surgical procedures at the road side, such as resuscitative thoracotomy, however EMRS does not have "specialist obstetric skills". Retrieval...
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    Rapadilino syndrome - Reduction (orthopedic surgery) - Resuscitation - Resuscitative thoracotomy - Rett syndrome - Revised Trauma Score - Rib fracture...
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  • able to undertake surgical procedures at the road side, such as resuscitative thoracotomy, however EMRS does not have "specialist obstetric skills". EMRS...
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  • that can be performed with minimally invasive approach either via mini-thoracotomy or mini-sternotomy. MICS CABG (Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery/Coronary...
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    appropriately pump blood. In certain dire circumstances an emergent thoracotomy may be employed. The primary clinical concern with blunt trauma to the...
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    Watkins Jr. assisted by Vivien Thomas. Modern ICDs do not require a thoracotomy and possess pacing, cardioversion, and defibrillation capabilities. The...
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    example the rupture of lung arteries caused by the placement of catheters, thoracotomy, thoracostomy, or thoracentesis. The most common iatrogenic causes include...
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    thoracic care was reported in 1922, and they were regularly used post-thoracotomy in World War II, though they were not routinely used for emergency tube...
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  • physiology through precise and advanced application of pharmacology, resuscitative techniques, critical care medicine, and invasive procedures. This also...
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    College Principal Mohammad Musaddiq Khan tried to resuscitate her, performing a "left anterolateral thoracotomy for open cardiac massage". Sadiq Khan, Mohammad...
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    Marion; Rich, Norman (March 2000). "Survival after emergency department thoracotomy: review of published data from the past 25 years". Journal of the American...
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    general treatment for shock. Some teams have performed an emergency thoracotomy to release clotting in the pericardium caused by a penetrating chest...
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    Suarez, Francisco; Rohman, Michael (1981). "Emergency Room Thoracotomy for the Resuscitation of Patients with "Fatal" Penetrating Injuries of the Heart"...
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    jemermed.2008.01.023. PMID 18799282. Ho AM (July 1999). "Is emergency thoracotomy always the most appropriate immediate intervention for systemic air embolism...
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    wedge resection, segmentectomy, or lobectomy via a VATS procedure or thoracotomy. Pulmonary sequestrations usually get their blood supply from the thoracic...
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  • department chest incision- thoracotomy [clarification needed] Cardiac tamponade Persistent ATLS class III shock despite fluid resuscitation (blood loss 1500–2000...
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