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    Chest trauma can occur through blunt or penetrating mechanisms. Blunt trauma causes acceleration, deceleration, shearing, or compression forces that can disrupt the airway, lungs, ribs, or blood vessels, resulting in hypoxemia, hypovolemia, or cardiac failure. Penetrating trauma can also damage these structures, with potential outcomes including hypoxemia from lung or airway injury, hypovolumia from blood vessel or cardiac damage, or cardiac failure from increased pressure in the chest cavity.

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    Chest trauma can occur through blunt or penetrating mechanisms. Blunt trauma causes acceleration, deceleration, shearing, or compression forces that can disrupt the airway, lungs, ribs, or blood vessels, resulting in hypoxemia, hypovolemia, or cardiac failure. Penetrating trauma can also damage these structures, with potential outcomes including hypoxemia from lung or airway injury, hypovolumia from blood vessel or cardiac damage, or cardiac failure from increased pressure in the chest cavity.

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    PATHOPHYSIO Chest Trauma

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    Chest trauma can occur through blunt or penetrating mechanisms. Blunt trauma causes acceleration, deceleration, shearing, or compression forces that can disrupt the airway, lungs, ribs, or blood vessels, resulting in hypoxemia, hypovolemia, or cardiac failure. Penetrating trauma can also damage these structures, with potential outcomes including hypoxemia from lung or airway injury, hypovolumia from blood vessel or cardiac damage, or cardiac failure from increased pressure in the chest cavity.

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    PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

    of chest trauma
    MECHANICS OF BLUNT CHEST TRAUMA
    ACCELERATION- moving object hitting the chest or patient being
    thrown into an object.
    DECELERATION- sudden decrease in rate of speed or velocity, such
    as motor vehicle crash.
    SHEARING- Stretching forces to area of the chest causing tears,
    ruptures, or dissections.
    COMPRESSION- direct blow to the chest, such as crush injuries.
    CAN BE RESULT TO:

    HYPOXEMIA
    - From disruption of the airway; injury to the lung
    parenchyma, rib cage, and respiratory musculature; massive
    hemorrhage; collapsed lung; and pneumothorax
    HYPOVOLEMIA
    -From massive fluid loss from the great vessels, cardiac
    rupture, or hemothorax
    CARDIAC FAILURE
    -From cardiac tamponade, cardiac contusion, or increased
    intrathoracic pressure.
    PENETRATING CHEST TRAUMA

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