Emergency Care 13th Edition Chapter 27 Flashcards

7082763577	Blunt Trauma	A blow to the chest that can fracture the ribs, the Sternum, and the (Rib) cartilages. ( concern is internal bleed)	0
7082763578	Penetrating Objects	Bullets, knives, pieces of metal or glass, steel rods, pipes and various other objects can penetrate the chest wall, damaging internal organs and impairing respiration.	1
7082763579	Flail chest	A fracture of two or more consecutive ribs in two or more places.	2
7082763580	Paradoxical motion	The movement of the flail segment is opposite to the movement of the remainder of the chest cavity.	3
7082763581	Compression	Occurs when severe blunt trauma causes the chest to rapidly compress	4
7082763582	Flail Chest Assessment	MOA that can cause flail chest Pt will have difficulty breathing pain at injury sight Signs of shock Hypoxia Paradoxical Motion ( Late Sign)	5
7082763583	Flail Chest Patient Care	Primary Assessment for other life threats Administer O2 Monitor pt resp. volume carefully if Resp. gets shallow assist Ventilation	6
7082763584	Assume All open chest injuries are	Life threatening	7
7082763585	Sucking chest wound Pt Signs	Open wound in chest Sucking sound ( may or may not ) pt gasping for air	8
7082763586	Open Chest wound Pt Care	maintain and open air way seal open chest wound quickly we possible apply occlusive dressing ( 2 inch wider than wound ) High flow O2 Treat for shock Transport as soon as possible consider ALS intercept	9
7082763587	Cardiac tamponade	When injury to the heart causes blood to flow into the sac surrounding pericardial sac. heart sacs fills up with blood and compresses chambers of the heart to the point where they no longer fill backing up blood into the veins. MOI- Penetrating trauma destended neck vein, narrowing pulse pressure signs of shock	10