{"id":91,"date":"2023-08-30T23:13:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T23:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vigormt.com\/?page_id=91"},"modified":"2023-11-30T12:32:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T12:32:44","slug":"medical-info","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vigormt.com\/medical-info\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Info"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"91\" class=\"elementor elementor-91\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f543c18 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f543c18\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a881ae7\" data-id=\"a881ae7\" 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.elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Thoracic (Chest) Trauma<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a089cca elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a089cca\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f799d6\" data-id=\"4f799d6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae74796 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ae74796\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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.elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"style-square\">\n<li>#1 Cause of Accidental Death<\/li>\n<li>Thoracic trauma comprises&nbsp;20\u201325% of all traumas worldwide<\/li>\n<li>25%-35% of trauma-related mortality and is a contributing factor<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;in another 25% of such cases&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>&gt; 17MM Cases\/Year Worldwide (World Health Orginization)<\/li>\n<li>9%-20% of all Injury Cases in the Army<\/li>\n<li>Main Types of Thoracic Trauma:&nbsp;Blunt (motor vehicle collisions, falls) and&nbsp;Penetrating (stabbing, gun shots)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0926753 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Very limited in pre-hospital\/Ambulance services<\/div><div>3. Time consuming &#8211; Risk losing the Golden Hour to save lives<\/div><div>4. Challenging suture fixation<\/div><div>5. Tube Occlusion: kinking, angulation, clot ,debris, or lung tissue<\/div><div>6. Chest Drain Dislodgement<\/div><div>7. Air Leakage<\/div><div>8. 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