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Rib Fracture

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Rib fracture

  • More sensitive than x-ray
  • Linear probe
  • Find most tender area

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The 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


sensor position
rib fracture ultrasound image

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Narration

along 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

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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 checkmark
92

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