ATCN 2020 Chapter 4 Thoracic Trauma
Questions With Correct Answers!!
__________________ is the most serious consequence of thoracic trauma. -
ANSWERHypoxia
Posterior dislocation of the ______________________________ leads to airway
obstruction - ANSWERPosterior dislocation of the clavicals head leads to airway
obstruction.
The majority of tracheobronchial tree injuries occur where? - ANSWEROccur 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. - ANSWERAir-fluid interfaces.
The most common cause of a
_______________________________________________ is mechanical positive
pressure ventilation in patients with visceral pleural injury. - ANSWERTension
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. - ANSWERPneumothorax
__________________________________________ > 1500ml of blood or 1/3 of
patients blood volume in one side of the chest with a.
________________________________________. Can significantly compromise
respiratory efforts. - ANSWERMassive Hemothorax
Usually occurs from penetrating trauma
May occur from blunt trauma
Ideally a person known to have a ____________________________________
should not undergo general anesthesia or receive positive pressure ventilation
without having a chest tube inserted. - ANSWERPneumothorax
A patient with a ___________________________________ should also undergo
decompression before transport at high altitudes. - ANSWERPneumothorax
_________________________________________ may be associated with a
hemothorax. - ANSWERThoracic Spine fractures
_______________________________ (can be seen in the following injuries)
Questions With Correct Answers!!
__________________ is the most serious consequence of thoracic trauma. -
ANSWERHypoxia
Posterior dislocation of the ______________________________ leads to airway
obstruction - ANSWERPosterior dislocation of the clavicals head leads to airway
obstruction.
The majority of tracheobronchial tree injuries occur where? - ANSWEROccur 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. - ANSWERAir-fluid interfaces.
The most common cause of a
_______________________________________________ is mechanical positive
pressure ventilation in patients with visceral pleural injury. - ANSWERTension
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. - ANSWERPneumothorax
__________________________________________ > 1500ml of blood or 1/3 of
patients blood volume in one side of the chest with a.
________________________________________. Can significantly compromise
respiratory efforts. - ANSWERMassive Hemothorax
Usually occurs from penetrating trauma
May occur from blunt trauma
Ideally a person known to have a ____________________________________
should not undergo general anesthesia or receive positive pressure ventilation
without having a chest tube inserted. - ANSWERPneumothorax
A patient with a ___________________________________ should also undergo
decompression before transport at high altitudes. - ANSWERPneumothorax
_________________________________________ may be associated with a
hemothorax. - ANSWERThoracic Spine fractures
_______________________________ (can be seen in the following injuries)
