Rib Fracture Slide 1 of 2Slide 2 of 2 Rib fracture More sensitive than x-ray Linear probe Find most tender area Continue NarrationThe last thing we’ll discuss in this module is the use of ultrasound to detect rib fracture. Ultrasound is going to be more sensitive than chest x ray for detecting this. What you do is simply find the cortex of the rib and follow it to the point where it tends to be most tender, and if you see a discontinuity in the rib that tells you that there is a fracture and this is showing a rib fracture on the left with the face of the linear probe lined up Rib Fracture More sensitive than x-ray Linear probe Find most tender area Continue Narrationalong the rib and there is that discontinuity or fracture that’s seen, and really in minor trauma to the chest I don’t even get a chest x ray I simply do an ultrasound and make sure there is no pneumothorax or effusion and look to see if I can see an actual rib fracture. Thoracic Ultrasound --- Table of Contents --- Lesson NameMinutes id Approach to Thoracic Ultrasound2 81 The Inferior Thoracic Space2 82 Pleural Effusions2 83 More Pleural Effusions3 84 The Anterior Pleural Line2 85 Ultrasound for Pneumothorax4 86 M-Mode for Pneumothorax2 87 Lung Point Sign2 88 The ABZ Lines3 89 B lines and AIS3 90 Pneumonia2 91 Rib Fracture1 92