RT Book, Section
A1 KAMINE, TOVY HABER
A1 BUTLER, KATHRYN
A2 Butler, Kathryn L.
A2 Harisinghani, Mukesh
SR Print(0)
ID 1108261275
T1 PENETRATING TRAUMA
T2 Acute Care Surgery: Imaging Essentials for Rapid Diagnosis
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071831208
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1108261275
RD 2024/04/20
AB A  25-year-old  man  is  brought  the  emergency  room  by  emergency  medical  services  (EMS)  directly  from  the  scene  of  a  shooting.  On  arrival  in  the  trauma  bay  he  is  awake  and  confused,  but  protecting  his  airway.  He  has  decreased  breath  sounds  on  the  right  side,  and  a  palpable  femoral  pulse.  His  vital  signs  are  significant  for  tachycardia  to  140,  a  blood  pressure  of  90/40,  tachypnea,  and  an  oxygen  saturation  of  88%  on  4-L  nasal  cannula.  A  chest  film  shows  a  right-sided  hemopneumothorax.  A  tube  thoracostomy  is  performed  with  return  of  air  and  500  cc  of  blood,  and  improvement  in  his  mental  status  and  vital  signs.