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Life threatening conditions
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tension pneumothorax
open pneumothorax flail chest hemothorax cardiac tamponade |
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Dx of tension pneumothorax
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clinical (dyspnea, JVD, tachypnea, anxiety, pleuritic chest pain, unilateral decreased or absent breath sounds, tracheal shifts away from affected side, hypotension)
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Tx of tension pneumothorax
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chest tube decompression
needle thoracostomy |
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Tx of Open pneumothorax
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chest tube
occlusive dressing intubation w/ positive pressure ventilation |
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What is flail chest
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fractures of 4> ribs
paradoxical motion |
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Tx of flail chest
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1. pain control (epidural)
2. If resp failure: endotracheal intubation, and positive pressure ventilation |
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Dx of Hemothorax
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clinical (hypotension, unilateral decreased or absent breath sounds, dullness to percussion on affected side)
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Tx of hemothorax
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1. fluid and chest tube
2. If bleeding >200ml/hr ex-lap |
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Dx cardiac tamponade
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clinical (Beck's triad: decreased heart sounds, JVD, hypotension)
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Tx of cardiac tamponade
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1. decompression & fluids
2. pericardial window |
