Chapter 31 Chest And Abdominal Trauma Terms Flashcards

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Moving a ribs in a flow segment that is opposite to the direction of movement of the rest of the chest cavity

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Paradoxical motion

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Air in the chest cavity

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Pneumothorax

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A chest injury in which air that enters the chest cavity is prevented from escaping, causing the law to collapse in the heart to shift

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Tension pneumothorax

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An open chess wound in which air is pulled into the chest cavity during inhalation

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Sucking chest wound

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Fracture of two or more adjacent ribs, and two or more places that allow for free movement of the fracture segment

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Flail chest

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An intestine or other internal organ protruding through a wound in the abdomen

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Evisceration

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