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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand
; 63(1): 137, 2019 01.
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in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30426479
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Emerg Med Australas
; 29(4): 477-478, 2017 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28452108
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Prehosp Emerg Care
; 15(3): 414-7, 2011.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21495831
ABSTRACT
A 41-year-old motocross rider sustained blunt trauma to the chest following a collision with another rider. He was initially hypoxic and was given oxygen with a non-rebreather mask. He complained of chest pain. A prehospital extended focused assessment with sonography in trauma (eFAST) scan was negative for pneumothorax, but demonstrated a hypokinetic left ventricle. An electrocardiogram (ECG) in the emergency department confirmed anterior myocardial infarction, found to be due to a traumatic left anterior descending coronary artery dissection. This case highlights a rare but life-threatening cause of hypoxia in blunt chest trauma.