Do you know what it’s like to care for people with gunshot wounds? Have you heard of an ED thoracotomy?
We don’t have to live like this—yet we choose to.
We don’t have to live like this—yet we choose to.
September 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Do you know what it’s like to care for people with gunshot wounds? Have you heard of an ED thoracotomy?
We don’t have to live like this—yet we choose to.
We don’t have to live like this—yet we choose to.
Ivermectin healed my clamshell thoracotomy
January 14, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Ivermectin healed my clamshell thoracotomy
Me: successfully performs an ED thoracotomy, clamps bleeder, patient lives.
Also me: realizes I’ve had my underwear on backwards all day.
Also me: realizes I’ve had my underwear on backwards all day.
April 18, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Me: successfully performs an ED thoracotomy, clamps bleeder, patient lives.
Also me: realizes I’ve had my underwear on backwards all day.
Also me: realizes I’ve had my underwear on backwards all day.
worn-off halothane,
yawning thoracotomy;
parted ribs embrace
yawning thoracotomy;
parted ribs embrace
I wake up
she wraps my guts around her fingers
she wraps my guts around her fingers
March 12, 2026 at 7:25 PM
worn-off halothane,
yawning thoracotomy;
parted ribs embrace
yawning thoracotomy;
parted ribs embrace
girl who tells you she's into medfet and when you ask what she likes to do she opens a thoracotomy tray
June 30, 2026 at 9:50 PM
girl who tells you she's into medfet and when you ask what she likes to do she opens a thoracotomy tray
if you see this, post something pink! 💕
May 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
if you see this, post something pink! 💕
my colleague saved a patient with a
resuscitative thoracotomy, and now I feel like she's unequivocally the leader of our group now omg
resuscitative thoracotomy, and now I feel like she's unequivocally the leader of our group now omg
June 5, 2026 at 1:29 AM
my colleague saved a patient with a
resuscitative thoracotomy, and now I feel like she's unequivocally the leader of our group now omg
resuscitative thoracotomy, and now I feel like she's unequivocally the leader of our group now omg
Sleepy Viktor doodle.
Jayce clearly took this photo of his eepy husband.
(also gives Viktor a thoracotomy scar because you can't stop me.)
#jayvik #viktorarcane
Jayce clearly took this photo of his eepy husband.
(also gives Viktor a thoracotomy scar because you can't stop me.)
#jayvik #viktorarcane
August 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Sleepy Viktor doodle.
Jayce clearly took this photo of his eepy husband.
(also gives Viktor a thoracotomy scar because you can't stop me.)
#jayvik #viktorarcane
Jayce clearly took this photo of his eepy husband.
(also gives Viktor a thoracotomy scar because you can't stop me.)
#jayvik #viktorarcane
Halden reviews the publication from London's Air Ambulance of their fascinating data on the survivability from resuscitative thoracotomy. Learn when and who benefits. @stemlyns #FOAMed
JC: Pre Hospital Resuscitative Thoracotomy for Traumatic Cardiac Arrest – data from 21 years at London’s Air Ambulance
Review the publication from London's Air Ambulance of their fascinating data on the survivability from resuscitative thoracotomy. @stemlyns #FOAMed
www.stemlynsblog.org
March 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Halden reviews the publication from London's Air Ambulance of their fascinating data on the survivability from resuscitative thoracotomy. Learn when and who benefits. @stemlyns #FOAMed
I could absolutely do a field thoracotomy. Just need a Bic pen.
February 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I could absolutely do a field thoracotomy. Just need a Bic pen.
Allies have often asked me to look at their hearts and not their actions, but I'm not sure they realize how low the survival rates are for amateur thoracotomy.
People can't see your heart. Only you can see your heart. And if your heart says "I'm trans," what else does anyone else need?
a man wearing sunglasses and a black shirt
Alt: David Lynch wearing sunglasses and a black shirt saluting and saying "Have a great day!"
media.tenor.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Allies have often asked me to look at their hearts and not their actions, but I'm not sure they realize how low the survival rates are for amateur thoracotomy.
Thoracotomy on Casualty
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ALT: Hamster Triggered
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June 6, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Thoracotomy on Casualty
tv doctors love to be like "i need a thoracotomy tray stat"
June 20, 2025 at 4:28 AM
tv doctors love to be like "i need a thoracotomy tray stat"
Medical shows r the worst. Xrays r hung up backwards or upside down and everyone needs thoracotomy tray 🙄
December 31, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Medical shows r the worst. Xrays r hung up backwards or upside down and everyone needs thoracotomy tray 🙄
also jesus CHRIST, this is anthony’s SIXTH thoracotomy and metastasectomy???
i don’t. think. they should have done all this.
i don’t. think. they should have done all this.
i’m trying to read carole radziwill’s memoir, but the only women in it are carole, caroline, and carolyn and i feel like i am going insane
November 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
also jesus CHRIST, this is anthony’s SIXTH thoracotomy and metastasectomy???
i don’t. think. they should have done all this.
i don’t. think. they should have done all this.
601 Resuscitative Thoracotomies - great work from London‘s Air Ambulance
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Prehospital Resuscitative Thoracotomy for Traumatic Cardiac Arrest
This cohort study examines more than 20 years of data for patients with traumatic cardiac arrest to evaluate the association of prehospital resuscitative thoracotomy with survival outcomes.
jamanetwork.com
February 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
601 Resuscitative Thoracotomies - great work from London‘s Air Ambulance
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Watching Dr. Shamsi do a thoracotomy has chemically altered my brain ✋😔
March 21, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Watching Dr. Shamsi do a thoracotomy has chemically altered my brain ✋😔
Thoracotomy is denied. The patient has not completed a trial of physical therapy
December 4, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Thoracotomy is denied. The patient has not completed a trial of physical therapy
You are absolutely correct. I vividly remember an episode of the show ER where a receptionist performed a thoracotomy in the waiting room. Turned out she was a top Russian surgeon. You've got PhDs working as Uber drivers and, of course, Deliveroo swaps. Nonsensical waste of talent & energy.
July 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
You are absolutely correct. I vividly remember an episode of the show ER where a receptionist performed a thoracotomy in the waiting room. Turned out she was a top Russian surgeon. You've got PhDs working as Uber drivers and, of course, Deliveroo swaps. Nonsensical waste of talent & energy.
I am curious about people who watch the pitt without any medical interest. Whenever I hear them mention stuff like "clamshell thoracotomy" I'm like a Marvel fan perking up because the movies name drop some guy from the comics
January 24, 2026 at 1:20 AM
I am curious about people who watch the pitt without any medical interest. Whenever I hear them mention stuff like "clamshell thoracotomy" I'm like a Marvel fan perking up because the movies name drop some guy from the comics
Rare WIN I want to share
Homie dropoff saturday night. Multiple stab wounds to the left chest, agonal when we wheeled him in
Quick POCUS w pericardial fluid> needle T> intubation> thoracotomy with three ventricular stab wounds, all sutured and massive transfusion started
Just extubated!
#medsky
Homie dropoff saturday night. Multiple stab wounds to the left chest, agonal when we wheeled him in
Quick POCUS w pericardial fluid> needle T> intubation> thoracotomy with three ventricular stab wounds, all sutured and massive transfusion started
Just extubated!
#medsky
April 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Rare WIN I want to share
Homie dropoff saturday night. Multiple stab wounds to the left chest, agonal when we wheeled him in
Quick POCUS w pericardial fluid> needle T> intubation> thoracotomy with three ventricular stab wounds, all sutured and massive transfusion started
Just extubated!
#medsky
Homie dropoff saturday night. Multiple stab wounds to the left chest, agonal when we wheeled him in
Quick POCUS w pericardial fluid> needle T> intubation> thoracotomy with three ventricular stab wounds, all sutured and massive transfusion started
Just extubated!
#medsky
Here you go. From the time measles + pneumonia + congregate setting.
Most measles immun. info starts in 50s but Ruth Tunnicliff developed a measles serum around the time of photo; not a large study, but effective; a pediatrician built on her work ~10 yrs later.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Most measles immun. info starts in 50s but Ruth Tunnicliff developed a measles serum around the time of photo; not a large study, but effective; a pediatrician built on her work ~10 yrs later.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
December 2, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Here you go. From the time measles + pneumonia + congregate setting.
Most measles immun. info starts in 50s but Ruth Tunnicliff developed a measles serum around the time of photo; not a large study, but effective; a pediatrician built on her work ~10 yrs later.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Most measles immun. info starts in 50s but Ruth Tunnicliff developed a measles serum around the time of photo; not a large study, but effective; a pediatrician built on her work ~10 yrs later.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...