CAISS – Thorax question & answers 2023 updated to pass

CAISS – Thorax question & answers 2023 updated to passWhat does AIS define as part of the Chest? - correct answer Skin (excluding shoulder girdle & sternoclavicular region), Trachea & Esophagus below the sternal notch, bronchus, diaphragm, heart, lungs, rib cage, sternum, Thorcic vessels(including thoracic aorta & vena cava), Thoracic Spine What does ISS consider as part of the Chest? - correct answer AIS Thorax Chapter, Thoracic Spine, Drowning How is an "Open" chest wound defined? - correct answer Defined as a sucking chest wound What region of the chest fills partly or complete with air, blood or mixture for a pneumothorax, hemothorax, or hemopneumothorax? - correct answer Intrapleural space. What does the presence of air in the intrapleural space indicate? - correct answer Tears in the airway or chest wall, pneumothorax What does the presence of blood in the intrapleural space indicate? - correct answer Torn blood vessels, hemothorax If a patient has flail and non-flail ribs on the right side how would you code? - correct answer Unilateral flail chest and rib fractures without flail are coded only as flail. How would you code rib fractures if the patient had flail on the right and no flail on the left? - correct answer Code as two separate injuries Define flail chest. - correct answer Three or more adjacent ribs each fractured in two or more places Is a costal cartilage fracture considered a rib fracture? - correct answer Yes What is necessary to code lung contusion? - correct answer History of trauma & verified by imaging or autopsy. Can you code both a lung contusion and lung laceration? - correct answer Yes. Each are considered independent injuries in the chest If chest trauma is only diagnosised by it's sequela with no specific information how would you code? - correct answer Thoracic injury NFS What sequela's in the chest can be coded? - correct answer Air Embolus and Tamponade When are branches of vessels coded? - correct answer When the primary vessel is named. How should an "incomplete transaction" of a vessel be coded? - correct answer Incomplete circumferential involvement What are the named arteries in the Thoracic region? - correct answer Thoracic Aorta, Brachiocephalic, Pulmonary, Coronary, Subclavian What is defined under "Other Named Arteries?" - correct answer Intercostal, Internal Mammary, Esophageal, Bronchial