Chest Injury Assignment PRINT THIS ASSIGNMENT OUT AND TURN INTO CLASS BY THE DUE DATE.
Name:_________________________________ Date:________________
| 1._____ Injury to the chest in which the skin is not broken, usually due to blunt trauma. | a. traumatic asphyxia |
| 2._____ A patient experiencing difficulty breathing. | b. hemoptysis |
| 3._____ A condition in which two or more ribs are fractured in two or more places. | c. tachypena |
| 4._____ This is a one-way valve that allows air to leave the chest cavity but not return, it is used on a patient with a sucking chest wound. | d. gloved hand |
| 5._____ The spitting or coughing up of blood, this indicated that the lung or air passage itself has been injured. | e. pericardium |
| 6._____ First sign and symptom is dyspnea followed by decreased breath sounds on the affected side, unequal chest rise, BP stays the same or goes down, and NO JVD. | f. open chest injury |
| 7._____ If a patient experiences blunt trauma to the chest, the major sign and symptom you should assess for is an irregular pulse. They may have a what? | g. tension pneumothorax |
| 8._____ Injury to the chest in which the chest wall itself is penetrated by a fractured rib or some external object. | h. dyspnea |
| 9._____ The motion of a segment in a flailed chest that is moving in on inspiration and out on exhalation. | i. flutter valve |
| 10._____ Muffled heart tones, weak pulse, low BP, narrowing pulse pressure, and JVD. | j. pneumothorax |
| 11._____ First sign and symptom is dyspnea, decreased breath sound on the affected side, unequal chest rise, BP will stay the same or go up, and JVD is present. | k. closed chest injury |
| 12._____ Occurs when a weak area on the lung ruptures in the absence of major injury. Seen in tall white skinny males. | L. hemothorax |
| 13._____ This is the fibrous sac that surround the heart and can fill with blood or fluid with major chest trauma. |
m. flail chest
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| 14._____ Patients with chest injuries often have rapid respirations, this is known as? | n. paracardial tamponade |
| 15._____ This is when a pneumothorax becomes worse, the patient experiences an increase in respiratory distress, JVD, tachycardia, low BP, cyanosis, and tracheal deviation to the un affected side. | o. myocardial contusion |
| 16._____ The component of respiration or movement of the chest. | p. spontaneous pneumothorax |
| 17._____ This is the fastest way to create an occlusive dressing. | q. paradoxical motion |
| 18._____ A patient experiencing a sudden increase of pressure in the chest with sign and symptoms of a blue face, bulging tongue, blood from the eyes, ears, and nose, and the throat may triple in size. | r. ventilation |