title: Emergency thoracotomy: "how to do it".
abstract: This paper describes a simple approach to emergency thoracotomy that can be used by a doctor in the prehospital environment and in the resuscitation room.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine and Pre-hospital Care, Royal London Hospital, London E1 1BB, UK. david.wise@bartsandthelondon.nhs.uk
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wise
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Coats
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lockey
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hyde
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Good
mesh_terms: D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*