Assertion: emergency department thoracotomy | /r/HasProperty | edt
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text: A resuscitative thoracotomy (sometimes referred to as an emergency department thoracotomy (EDT), trauma thoracotomy or, colloquially, as "cracking the chest") is a thoracotomy performed to resuscitate a major trauma patient who has sustained severe thoracic or abdominal trauma and who has entered cardiac arrest because of this.
text: Since its first formal description nearly 50 years ago, emergency department thoracotomy (EDT) has remained among the most polarizing and controversial procedures that physicians perform.