TSU - Critical Care Nursing Exam5 Questions and answers

TSU - Critical Care Nursing Exam5 Questions and answers Trauma patient with increasing dyspnea, chest pain, tracheal deviation, diminished breath sounds on one side or the other is experiencing this. How is it treated?. Pneumo- or hemo- thorax. Chest tube insertion; possibly a needle decompression in case of a pneumothorax initially/emergently, then a chest tube. What will be the expected signs a pneumothorax is resolving? Less dyspnea, improved breath sounds, tracheal shift back to midline and presence of bubbling in the chest tube drainage unit. Your patient has a facial burn. What is your primary focus of care? Airway management What is the name of the burn area experiencing the most heat injury and tissue damage.