2023 AOSSM Annual Meeting Recordings with CME-ACSM Exchange Lecture: Chest and Abdominal Injury

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Video Summary

The video discusses chest and abdominal injuries in sports, specifically focusing on blunt force trauma. The speaker highlights the rarity of such injuries but emphasizes their potential severity. They mention a study that found 174 internal organ injuries in high school and collegiate athletes, with nine being catastrophic and four resulting in death. The majority of these injuries occur in males and contact sports like football and ice hockey. The speaker then provides a clinical scenario of a scenario where a high school wide receiver is hit in the chest, prompting a discussion on evaluating circulatory status, airway, and breathing. They delve into specific injuries such as pneumothorax, hemothorax, flail chest, and abdominal injuries including hepatic, splenic, and renal injuries. The importance of prompt hospital transport and observation is emphasized, and the speaker concludes by encouraging vigilance and a low threshold for seeking definitive care. No credits are mentioned in the transcript.

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Jason Pothast, MD

Keywords

chest injuries

abdominal injuries

blunt force trauma

sports injuries

internal organ injuries