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17 Cards in this Set
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Rib fracture |
9- 12 commonly fracture |
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Flail chest |
Two adjacent ribs fracture at two points Respiration adversely affected Pain |
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Simple pneumothorax |
Air in the pleural space Cause by puncture wound lung defect and rib # |
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Open pneumothorax |
Open chest wall injury Air passes into the opening into the pleural space Gurgling sound |
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Tension pneumothorax |
Air enters the plural space and become trapped Shift mediastimum to affected side Decrease CO Distended neck veins |
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Haemothorax |
Blood in the pleural space Hypovolemia,shock, decrease vital capacity |
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Management of pnemothorax |
A airway C circulation |
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Tracheobronchial injury |
Blunt or penetration trauma to the chest |
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Pulmonary contusion |
Blunt thoracic trauma |
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Cardiac contrusion |
Blunt cardiac trauma |
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Traumatic aortic rupture |
Blunt chest trauma |
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Esophageal rupture |
Penetrated trauma |
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Sensitivity |
Ability to detect disease |
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Specificity |
The ability to identify absence of disease |
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Insertion of chest tube |
5th intercostal space between the mid and anterior axillary lines |
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Cardiac tamponade |
Accumulation of blood in the pericardial space Reduced venous return and diastolic filling Poor CO
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Cardiac injury presentation |
Typical history Tachycardia confusion beck's triad( hypotension, distended neck veins, muffled heart sounds) |
