ATCN 2020 Chapter 4 Thoracic Trauma | Questions and Answers(A+ Solution guide)

__________________ is the most serious consequence of thoracic trauma. - Hypoxia Posterior dislocation of the ______________________________ leads to airway obstruction - Posterior dislocation of the clavicals head leads to airway obstruction. The majority of tracheobronchial tree injuries occur where? - Occur within 1 inch of the carina. Incomplete expansion of the lung and continued large air leak after placement of a chest tube suggests a tracheobronchial injury and placement of more than one chest tube may be necessary. Blast injuries commonly produce severe injury to _______________________ interfaces. - Air-fluid interfaces. The most common cause of a _______________________________________________ is mechanical positive pressure ventilation in patients with visceral pleural injury. - Tension Pneumothorax Patients who suffer this type of injury and who are spontaneously breathing often manifest extreme tachypnea and air hunger, whereas patients who are mechanically ventilated manifest hemodynamic collapse. - Pneumothorax __________________________________________ > 1500ml of blood or 1/3 of patients blood volume in one side of the chest with a. ________________________________________. Can significantly compromise respiratory efforts. - Massive Hemothorax Usually occurs from penetrating trauma May occur from blunt trauma _______________________________ (can be seen in the following injuries) Cardiac Tamponade Tension PneumothoraxProfound hypovolemia - PEA List all the potential causes of PEA - Hemothorax Hypoxia Hydrogen Ion ( Acidosis) Hypo / Hyperkalemia Hypoglycemia Hypothermia Toxins Thrombus (coronary / Pulmonary)