PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - D Wise AU - G Davies AU - T Coats AU - D Lockey AU - J Hyde AU - A Good TI - Emergency thoracotomy: “how to do it” AID - 10.1136/emj.2003.012963 DP - 2005 Jan 01 TA - Emergency Medicine Journal PG - 22--24 VI - 22 IP - 1 4099 - http://emj.bmj.com/content/22/1/22.short 4100 - http://emj.bmj.com/content/22/1/22.full SO - Emerg Med J2005 Jan 01; 22 AB - This paper describes a simple approach to emergency thoracotomy that can be used by a doctor in the prehospital environment and in the resuscitation room.