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 1Approach to Thoracic Ultrasound 81 2The Inferior Thoracic Space 82 3Pleural Effusions 83 4More Pleural Effusions 84 5The Anterior Pleural Line 85 6Ultrasound for Pneumothorax 86 7M-Mode for Pneumothorax 87 8Lung Point Sign 88 9The ABZ Lines 89 10B lines and AIS 90 11Pneumonia 91 12Rib Fracture 92