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1. Motor vehicles crashes and interpersonal violence are the two:
Answer main causesof thoracic trauma
2. Thoracic injury mechanisms of injury:
Answer
-Acceleration and deceleration forces
-First and second rib fractures can severely injure the pulmonary and cardiac tissues
underneath
-Falls
-Crush injuries
-Violence
-Motor vehicle crashes
3. Thoracic injury patho:
Answer
-Causes ineffective ventilation due to disruption in theanatomical structure in the thoracic
cavity
-tears in the bronchial tree
-rib/sternal fractures
-pain
-lung contusion
-impaled object in the chest
-causes ineffective circulation
due to internal or external hemorrhage
4. Blunt trauma occurs when:
Answer
chest strikes or is struck by an object
impact can cause shearing and compression of chest structures
5. Blast injuries:
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