Question 47 · LEK · Chest injuries
Which of the following traumas may be an indication for immediate thoracotomy at the emergency department?
- A. blunt chest trauma.
- B. blunt abdominal trauma.
- C. blunt pelvis trauma.
- D. penetrating injury to the chest leading to cardiac arrest.
- E. penetrating injury to the abdomen.
Hint
Resuscitative thoracotomy gives the best survival for one particular mechanism of injury combined with a recent loss of cardiac output.
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