Grade four blunt traumatic aortic injury with massive haemothorax: Resuscitation considerations during the primary survey

Grade four blunt traumatic aortic injury with massive haemothorax: Resuscitation considerations during the primary survey

Advanced Trauma Life Support principles prioritise the management of ‘breathing’ over ‘circulation’ in an acute trauma primary survey. In a tamponaded thoracic aortic rupture, however, this may lead to fatal haemorrhagic shock. In this case, we discuss the resuscitation and management of a patient w...

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Main Authors: Juliana Ying Liang Mai, Andrew Holmes, Gert Frahm-Jensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
Series:Trauma Case Reports
Subjects:
Blunt traumatic aortic injury
Haemothorax
Trauma resuscitation
Primary survey
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352644020300571

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