Tension pneumothorax: signs and symptoms
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Pleuritic pain
Tracheal deviation
Hyperresonance
Onset sudden
Reduced breath sounds (and dyspnea)
Absent fremitus
X-ray shows collapse
Mnemonic:
P-THORAX
Tracheal deviation
Hyperresonance
Onset sudden
Reduced breath sounds (and dyspnea)
Absent fremitus
X-ray shows collapse
Mnemonic:
P-THORAX
More mnemonics
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- Atrial fibrillation: causes of new onset
- GCS Intubation
- Ipecac: contraindications
- JVP: raised JVP differential
- Life threatening injuries in major trauma
- MI: immediate treatment
- PEA/Asystole (ACLS): etiology
- Rapid sequence intubation (RSI)
- Respiratory burns
- Shock: signs and symptoms
- Shock: types
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) causes
- Syncope causes, by system