Dr Fragen in the operating room

trauma

  • Bullseye

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    In comes someone with a penetrating injury to the chest, CPR in progress. This is always a bad sign. Into the trauma bay, no pulse, no pressure, no tracing. A quick ED thoracotomy later and I find a pericardium that hissed at me when I opened it. Along with a large pericardial clot was a…

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  • QuickClot

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    Boy I’d really like to try some of this [QuickClot][1] stuff in the OR. I think it would be great to use for a planned second look. [1]: http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/news/2008/04/blood_clotting

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