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Prior to treating a wounded Airman your evaluation reveals that the victim is experiencing shortness of breath and you hear hissing sounds coming from a chest wound patient is suffering from?
an open chest wound
What is a pain on the right side of the chest witshortnss of breath absent breath sounds on the right and no movement of the chest wall?
plulmoary embolism
How is atelectasis diagnosed?
When the doctor listens to the lungs through a stethoscope (ausculation), diminished or bronchial breath sounds may be heard. By tapping on the chest (percussion) while listening through the stethoscope, the doctor can often tell if the lung is collapsed
What are the signs and symptoms of atelectasis?
The two main symptoms of atelectasis would be shortness of breath (dyspnea) and decreased chest wall expansion.Other characteristics include diminished breath sounds and fever.shortness of breath and decreased chest wall expansion. If atelectasis only afects a small area of the lung, symptoms are ususally minimal. If the condition affects a large area of the lung and develops quickly, the individual may turn blue
What are stephoscope for?
Listening to a patients chest - heart & lung sounds
Prior to treating an Airman your evaluation reveals that he is experiencing shortness of breath and you hear hissing sounds coming from his chest. Based on your evaluation you suspect what?
An open chest wound.
An abnormal sounds produced in the lungs as air moves through fluids of the bronchiole tree?
Air is normally able to pass through the bronchial tree normally is the bronchial tree is open via laminar flow. Breath sounds are heard during auscultation of the chest, using a stethoscope. Normal breath sounds are termed as vesicular breath sounds. However, in conditions such as a pleural effusion where there is air within the pleural cavity, the flow of air becomes disturbed. Therefore, there will be absent breath sounds and if the effusion is large, bronchial breath sounds will be heard which are both abnormal.
What does poor degree of inspiration mean?
It means that the reading of the chest x-ray is limited because the patient did not take a deep full breath.
What are the two ways to determine whether your patient's airway is open?
When you give a breath you have to see the chest rise if not reposition the head and try again
Prior to treating a wounded Airman your evaluation reveals that the victim is experiencing shortness of breath and you hear hissing sounds coming from a chest wound Based on your evaluation you su?
an open chest wound
Prior to treating a wounded Airman, your evaluation reveals that the victim is experiencing shortness of breath, and you hear hissing sounds coming from a chest wound Based on your evaluation, you su?
an open chest wound
What is s sign and symptom of an open chest wound?
Difficulty breathing, jugular vein distention, tracheal deviation, and decreased breath sounds.
