Chest physical therapy (CPT or Chest PT) is an airway clearance technique (ACT) to drain the lungs, and may include percussion (clapping), vibration, deep breathing, and huffing or coughing. | Dr. Sous

🚑 🚨 You are dispatched to a 38-year-old male patient who was stabbed. You arrive to find your patient conscious laying against a trailer. He has two visible stab wounds as seen in the video. Here is his initial set of vitals: •Skin Pale •LOC conscious but fatigued •Eyes PEARRL •Resps 28 shallow •Pulse 138 •BP 78 / 50 •SPO2 84% ❓ How are you going to bandage the open chest wound? ❓ Based on the vital signs, what are you worried is developing? Previous live class recording* #paramedicstudent #em