Blunt Trauma Thoracotomy: Probably Still Not Time for Heroics
A guest post by Matthew DeLaney, Assistant Program Director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Emergency Medicine residency. For most providers, there is a limited but well delineated role for emergency department thoracotomy (EDT) in patients with penetrating trauma. The potential role for EDT in blunt trauma patients is much less clear. In a … Continue reading “Blunt Trauma Thoracotomy: Probably Still Not Time for Heroics”