Practicals · Traumatology and Surgery · Procedural skills — Chest
Exposure and management of cardiac injury / pericardial tamponade
- Type
- Procedure
- Curriculum level
- Desirable (NMC)
- Also called
- cardiac injury repair
Videos and resources
- VideoCardiac tamponade - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, pathology7:30
- VideoPericardial Diseases | Clinical Medicine38:13
- +66 more links
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Operative note template
How to write the operative note in the case sheet: blank template, worked example and printable PDF (free).
Where the curriculum asks for it
“Exposure & definitive management of cardiac injury, pericardial tamponade” ( NMC curriculum, page 8)