KIN 125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Hernia, Abdominal Wall, Pneumothorax
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Blunt trauma: caused by a forceful blow to the chest. Penetration injury: an object penetrates the chest wall. Compression injury: the chest cavity is compressed rapidly, usually during an automobile accident. Activate ems first: 1st priority is to open airway and ensure adequate breathing/ventilation, place an occlusive dressing over any open wounds to the chest. Control external bleeding: never try to remove an impaled object. If there is an object impaled in the chest: Cut away clothing to expose the wound. Dress the wound around the impaled object to control bleeding and control a sucking chest wound. Stabilize the impaled object with roles of self-adhering bandages or bulky dressings. Tape bandages in place to stabilize the impaled object. S/s: severe pain at fracture site, grating sound or feeling upon palpation (crepitus, chest deformity, shallow, rapid breathing, bruising or lacerations at suspected fracture site, frothy blood at nose or mouth (indicating lung laceration)
