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What are the chest tube blood volume output parameters that would require a thoracotomy? {Ans: >1500mL immediatley evacuated OR 200mL/hr for 2-4hrs NOTE: thoractomy is not indicated unless a surgeon qualified by training and experience is present}What tests should be performed before sedation? {Ans: GCS and pupillary rxn}What are the arteries that lie between the skull and the dura mater (epidural space)? {Ans: meningeal arteries.}Contusion occur in ___% of TBI. They often occur in _____ or ______ lobes of brain. They may coalesce to form ______ in as many as 20$%. {Ans: 20-30% frontal or temporal intracerebral hematoma.}What three X-ray views are most important for a person with multiple trauma? {Ans: c-spine, chest, pelvis}What is the most commonly injured meningeal artery and where is it located? {Ans: middle meningeal artery. Located over the temporal fossa}