Last updated on 26 Jan 2023 at 10:56 AM (ED10)
Penetrating chest trauma |
Applied Science for Medicine |
Clinical and Communication Skills |
Personal and Professional Skills |
Hauora Māori |
Population Health |
Conditions to be considered relating to this scenario | |
Common | simple pneumothorax, haemothorax, haemopneumothorax, rib fracture, sternal fracture, pulmonary contusion, skin laceration and contusion |
Less common but 'important not to miss' | flail chest, tension pneumothorax, cardiac tamponade, splenic rupture, pulmonary laceration, great vessel injury, direct cardiac trauma, intracranial haemorrhage, diffuse axonal injury, spinal cord trauma |
Uncommon | surgical emphysema |