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Penetrating chest trauma with recent or immanent loss of vital signs
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Jones, K.M., Menaker, J. (2016). Emergent Resuscitative Thoracotomy, Open Cardiac Massage, and Aortic Occlusion. In: Ganti, L. (eds) Atlas of Emergency Medicine Procedures. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2507-0_26
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