MOI/Anatomy
The position of this organ when trauma occurs may make a difference between thoracic and abdominal trauma.
What is the diaphragm
Name three major functions necessary for life that may be affected by chest trauma.
What is ventilation, oxygenation, and circulation?
What are the manifestations of rib fractures?
Name three potential treatments of flail chest
What are oxygen administration, positive pressure ventilation, intubation, and stabilization of the chest wall?
This chamber of a closed chest drainage system is responsible for acting as a one-way valve.
What is the water-seal chamber?
This mechanism of injury can cause blunt chest trauma.
3 or more adjacent ribs that are fractured in two or more places.
What is a flail segment?
JVD should be assessed with the patient in this position.
What is 45 degree semi-fowlers?
The very first thing you should put on an open sucking type chest wound.
What is an occlusive dressing taped on 3 sides?
Continuous bubbling is an expected finding in this chamber.
This mechanism of injury can cause penetrating chest trauma.
What is arrow, gunshot, knife, stick?
The most common thoracic injury from blunt trauma
what is a rib fracture?
What is CAB?
The initial intervention for an impaled object in the chest.
Place the distal end of the chest tube in 2 cm water in sterile container; replace unit.
What are the steps to take if a chest drainage unit breaks?
These are the ribs most often fractured.
What are ribs 5 through 9?
What are blebs?
The assessment findings that indicate the presence of a tension pneumothorax in a patient with chest trauma.
What are severe respiratory distress and tracheal deviation away from the affected side?
Returning patient's own blood intravenously when there is no diaphragmatic injury present.
What is autotransfusion?
The nurse should check for leaks in the chest tube and pleural drainage system when this occurs.
What is continuous bubbling in the water-seal chamber?
These two things are found in the intercostal space on the bottom aspect of each rib.
What are intercostal muscles, neurovascular bundle .(artery, vein and nerve)?
This occurs when blood rapidly collects in the pericardial sac and prevents the ventricles from filling.
What is cardiac tamponade?
Following a motor vehicle accident, the nurse assesses the patient for this GCS that indicates a potential need for intubation.
The treatment for a patient experiencing severe dyspnea, tachycardia, tracheal deviation and hypotension.
An unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) is taking care of a patient with a chest tube. The nurse should intervene when they observe the UAP do this.
What is stripping or milking the chest tube to promote drainage?