My Achy Breaky Heart
Likely to present with muffled heart tones
What are sternal fx, myocardial contusions, and diaphragmatic injuries
What is V/Q mismatch?
Injuries within this location are considered abdominal and thoracic injuries
What is the area between the nipple and navel?
Immediate cardiac arrest as a result of blunt trauma during the repolarization of the heart.
What is commotio cordis?
Absent trauma, acute chest pain, tachycardia, respiratory distress, and diminished breath sounds unilaterally
What is the presentation of spontaneous pneumothorax?
The location of the kidneys
What is the retroperitoneal space?
Electrical alternans, muffled heart tones, a narrowing pulse pressure, hypotension, and JVD
What are signs and symptoms of a cardiac tamponade?
May be indicated by hyperresonance of the chest
What is air in the pleural space?
The location of anterior attachment of the ribs
What are the costal cartilages?
Although unable to acutely distend, this structure can gradually collect up to a liter of blood.
What is the parietal pericardium?
Presents w/ unilaterally diminished breath sounds, narrowed PP, and dullness on percussion
What is a hemothorax?
Contains the heart, aorta, and vena cava
What is the mediastinum?
Tachycardia, irregular pulse, retrosternal chest pain, SOB, and sternal ecchymosis
What are the signs and symptoms of a myocardial contusion?
Characterized by a scaphoid abdomen and should avoid Trendelenburg positioning
What is a diaphragmatic rupture?
Continuous tissue fold located in the abdominal cavity that attaches organs to the posterior abdominal wall
What is the mesentery?