Vocab Chap 34 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Cardiac Contusion | A bruise to the heart wall caused by severe blunt trauma to the chest |
Commotio Cordis | Sudden cardiac arrest caused by a projectile, such as a baseball |
Flail Segment | two or more adjacent ribs that is fractured in more then 1 spot |
Hemoptysis | Coughing up blood |
Hemothorax | Blood in the pleural space, causing the collapse of the lung |
Open pneamothorax | an open wound to the chest that allows air into the pleural space |
Pradoxical tamponade | ?????????????????????? |
Pneumothorax | air in the pleural space causing the lungs to collapse |
pulmonary contusion | bleeding within the lung tissue that causes a disturbance in gas exchange in the capillaries, alveoli |
sucking chest wound | an open wound to the chest that permits air to enter the thoratic cavity |
Tension pneumothorax | A condition of air buildup in thoratic cavity, associated with injured lung |
Traumatic Asphyxia | A severe and compression of the thorax that causes a rapid increase in pressure within the chest that affects blood flow, ventilation , and oxygenation |
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