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Tag: hemothorax

Polytrauma for Team Communication

Posted on June 19, 2018June 8, 2020 by kcaners

A 64-year old man is involved in a high-speed car crash. The trauma team is activated and he is brought directly to the ED. On arrival, he is hypoxic, tachycardic and altered. CXR reveals multiple rib fractures with a right-sided hemopneumothorax.

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