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Parent Penetrating Chest Trauma

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1 Which of these injuries would require an occlusive dressing?

9 cm laceration to the right forearm with oozing, dark red blood
3 cm laceration to the chest with bubbling, dark red blood
2 cm puncture to the back
Amputation of the right index finger

2 What does it mean when a rescuer "burps" an occlusive dressing?

They lift one side of the dressing briefly to promote air release
They tape down all sides of the dressing
They lightly smack the center of the dressing to facilitate air escape
They position the patient on the affected side to "pour out" the air

3 Which side do you position a patient who you suspect is experiencing a tension pneumothorax?

The right side
The left side
The affected side
The unaffected side

4 Which of these materials would work for an improvised occlusive dressing?

The inside of the package from a sterile item
Sterile gauze
A glove
A tegaderm
Impregnated gauze with a foil covering
All of the above

5 You have correctly applied an occlusive dressing on a patient but it seems that there is air continuing to enter the wound, despite being taped on 3 sides. Should you tape the last side down and prevent air from entering or escaping?

Yes
No

6 Patients with a pneumothorax will present with the following lung sounds:

Diminished or absent on the opposite side
Diminished or absent in the bases
Diminished or absent on the affected side
Diminished or absent in the apices

7 A flail chest is when three or more contiguous ribs have broken in two or more places, i.e. a floating segment of the chest wall has occurred.

True
False

8 Your trauma patient was impaled on a fence pole. They are unresponsive and have a crackling sensation when the skin of their chest is palpated. What is this crackling sensation called in medical terminology?

Bony crepitus
Subcutaneous emphysema
Rice Krispies
Omphalocele

9 Positive pressure ventilation can worsen an existing pneumothorax.

True
False

10 A hemothorax and pneumothorax may occur together and are called a hemopneumothorax.

True
False


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Authors Catherine Mohr, Josh Hantke
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Created July 9, 2021 by Catherine Mohr
Modified March 1, 2023 by Felipe Schenone
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