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Blunt cardiac injury as a result of a motor vehicle collision: A case study

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, ISSN: 1574-6267, Vol: 13, Issue: 4, Page: 124-129
2010
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  • Citations
    1
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      1
  • Captures
    14

Article Description

Blunt cardiac injury typically occurs in patients who are severely injured and have sustained significant thoracic trauma such as multiple rib fractures, pulmonary contusions and haemopneumothorax. Blunt cardiac injury while uncommon can have life threatening consequences. Often no clinical features manifest until a complication occurs which can be quite sudden. We describe the screening methods for blunt cardiac injury (most importantly the ECG), and discuss evaluation is focused on identifying those likely to develop cardiac complications, so they can be closely monitored and intervention rapidly performed.

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