State and National Executives

AUSTRALIAN CRITICAL CARE

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noticeably c e f t when . Many rib seen b the left. The shift to the afecbd side, with the ribs closer togethd, and the clinical picture m & ? f h ediagnosis of atelectasis more likely trhione offuid (blood)bedig the muse of the 'wipe-out'. /

was d o r m e d and a copious amount of tenacious, was suctioned from the left main bronchus and distal bronchi.

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The chest X-ray at right is post-brmhoscopy and shows the left lung now expanded, with only a very small, lower-zone opacification remaining. An ETT tube, central line and intragastric tube are in place.

'wipe-out' was due to a huemothorax, the trachea would have been - Ifthe & i f i d - t ~ bppo&esideaml *Maad prmmwuuM be @ l h g relative to the child3 shocked state as a result of blood loss. the

STATE XECUTIVES

PO Box 166, Sandy Bay, Tas 7005

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PO Box 219, South Carlton, VIC3053 Telephone/facs~mile:1800 357 968 E-mall:

CACCN (NSW) Inc. Hornsby, NSW 2077

resident:

Robyn Clark (SA) RN RM 1C Cert Dip BN MRCNA Telelphone: (08) 8222 6000 page 3197 . I A Q \ all7 L 7 A l

Ged Williams (Qld) RN RM C C Cert BAppSc(AdvNurs) GradCertPSM FRCNA

Company Secretary. Tracey Re~chel

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President: Secretary: Treasurer:

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Jane Hancock Desley Horn Chris Wilson-Row

President:

Katr~naBa~ley Melanle Greenwc ara Blackman ue Tacey CACCN (Vic) Inc. 233 Rathdowne Street Carlron, VIC3053

Treasurer: Vacant Ordinary Members: Fenella Gill Marie Yearwood

VOLUME 10 NUMBER 3

SEPTEMBER 1997