NSG 430 Topic 3 (Complete And Verified Study material) (23pages) LEARNEXAMS

1. Blunt trauma: Answer Occurs when the chest strikes or is struck by an object (internaldamage greater than external) ex: being pinned between 2 machines 2. Penetrating trauma: Answer Open injury in which a foreign object impales or passesthrough the body tissues ex: gunshot wound 3. Pneumothorax: Answer complete or partial collapse of a lung as a result of an accumulation of air in the pleural space 4. Tension pneumothorax: Answer The continued accumulation of air in the pleural space causes: - mediastinal shift - Tracheal deviation - Compression of the lung on the affected side 5. Hemothorax: Answer when blood accumulates in the pleural space resulting from injuryto the chest wall, diaphragm, lung, blood vessels, or mediastinum - requires immediate insertion of a chest tube for evacuation of the blood