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Chest Injuries

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Chest Injuries

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    1. Chest Injuries Tom Mortimer RN, EMT-P

    2. Physiology of the Chest Who are the major players What makes the process work What can go wrong

    3. Major Players The Heart The Lungs The Great vessels The Ribs and Sternum

    4. Chest X-ray

    5. How Does It Work Negative Pressure The Heart is a muscle Increased pressure can hurt you

    6. Negative Pressure

    7. What Can Go Wrong And How Do We Fix It

    8. Treatments For All Trauma Patients Oxygen 15L by a Non-Rebreather Mask SpO2 Monitoring Cardiac Monitoring Maintain Spinal Immobilization until the C-Spine can be cleared

    9. Rib Fractures

    10. Flail Chest

    11. Impaled Objects

    12. Pneumothorax

    13. Tension Pneumothorax

    14. Hemothorax

    15. Pulmonary Contusion

    16. Pericardial Tamponade

    17. Aortic Injuries

    18. Blunt Cardiac Injury Formerly Known as Cardiac Contusion

    19. What is Next Ongoing assessment of the treatments that you have done Once the Chest is stabilized continue with your patient assessment Don’t get sucked into a orthopedic distraction

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