Chest and Abdominal Injuries

Front

Closed chest injury

Back

An injury that does not puncture through to the chest cavity, usually caused by blunt force trauma

Front

To begin a physical assessment, you first:

Back

Remove or cut away clothing to expose the area

Front

You find evidence of a sucking chest wound on your physical exam, how would you address this injury?

Back

Apply gloved hand first, then apply occlusive dressing taped on 3 sides.

Front

When assessing a patient who has a blunt-force trauma to the chest, you should be suspicious of this life threatening closed injury:

Back

Flail chest.

Front

Signs of flail chest

Back

Paradoxical movement when breathing

Crepitus

Tenderness

Difficulty breathing

Front

Organs found in the ULQ

Back

Stomach

Spleen

Pancreas

L Kidney

SI

LI

Front

A spontaneous pneumothorax occurs when

Back

there is a rupture in a weak area in the lung.

Front

Signs of internal bleeding include

Back

dull pain in the abdomen, rigidity, and distention, signs of shock

Front

Sucking chest wounds must be sealed immediately

Back

to prevent air entering the chest cavity.

Front

For assessment purposes, the Emergency Medical Responder envisions the abdomen as being divided into:

Back

Quadrants