SAQ 1512 – Penetrating chest trauma with FAST image

Marked out of 9.00

A 23-year-old man presents with a stab wound to the left chest. An immediate FAST image is shown.

Shortly afterwards he becomes unresponsive and pulseless.

FAST ultrasound image in penetrating chest trauma
FAST image.

State the pathology shown in the image.

(Marked out of 1.0)


/ 1

List the steps of ED thoracotomy.

(Marked out of 8.0)


/ 8

Total Score: 0 / 9

Percentage: 0%