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Flashcards in Ch 34 Chest Trauma Deck (9)
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1
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the hollow area in the middle of the thoracic cavity between left and right lung

A

mediastinum

2
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sunken chest wound should be taped on

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3 sides

3
Q

closed chest injury
results when 2 or more adjacent ribs are each fractured in two or more places, creating a segment of the rib cage that is not attached to the rib cage, interferes with chest expansion and changes intrathoracic pressure

A

flail chest

4
Q

caused by air leaking into the chest cavity from damaged lung with no opening through the outer chest wall cannot be managed

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tension pneumothorax

5
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flail segment moves in a direction opposite to the movement of the rest of the chest wall

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paradoxical movement

6
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bleeding within the lung tissue, is often serious consequence of flail segment, bleeding occurs in and around the alveoli and into the interstitial space that separates the alveoli and capillaries

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pulmonary contusion

7
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the thoracic cavity is filled with blood rather than air, S&S occur respiratory distress develope late

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hemothorax

8
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bleeding into the fibrous sac around the heart from blunt or penetrating trauma, compression of the ventricles results in inadequate ventricular filling and reduced cardiac output

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pericardial tamponade

9
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occurs when heart is violently compressed between strnum and spiinal column

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cardiac contusion