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Hissing sounds from a chest wound indicates what?
An Open Chest Wound (Sucking Chest Wound)
How do you bandage an open chest wound?
If you are not sure if a chest wound has penetrated the chest wall completely, treat the wound as though it were an open chest wound.
When dressing an open chest wound where do you tie the knot?
There shouldn't be a knot to tie. The treatment for an open chest wound is to put a piece of plastic over it and tape it down on the sides so that air cannot get in or out of the wound. There's nothing to tie down anywhere in that. You could be thinking of flail chest which has more to do with broken bones then an open chest wound. As an army medic I find your question soul crushingly confusing.
Signs and symptoms of an open chest wound?
Coughing up blood, Sucking or hissing sound coming from the wound, frothy blood coming from the wound.
Who invented wound VAC?
Lou Argenta invennted the VAC with Mike Morykwas at Wake Forest. The VAC is regarded as the greatest breakthrough in wound treatment in the past 30 years. Over 5 million people have been treated with the VAC. They have been nominated twice for the Nobel Prize in Medicine for their discovery
What is a protective cover placed over a wound?
bandage
What is the medical term meaning white protective covering over nerve cells?
The protective covering over some nerve cells is called the myelin sheath.
That a protective cover placed over a wound is described as a?
bandage
What if your answer is that a protective cover placed over a wound is described as a?
Dressing
A or a compress is an immediate protective cover placed over a wound?
Dressing!
Or a compress is an immediate protective cover placed over a wound?
Dressing!
A protective cover placed over a wound is a?
usually called a "dressing".
What is protective covering?
Protective covering is a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury.
What is a hard covering over a wound that is healing?
It is called a scar or a scab.
A blank or a compress is an immediate protective cover placed over a wound?
Dressing
A protective cover placed over a wound is described as?
That would be called a bandage.
What is the difference between a bandage and a dressing What if your answer is that a protective cover placed over a wound is described as a?
dressing
