Injuries Flashcards
Where should a chest drain be inserted?
2nd intercostal space mid clavicular line
5th intercostal space mid axillary line
Lower half of intercostal space
What is it called when air gets in between the visceral and parietal pleura?
Pneumonthorax
Why might the trachea be deviated?
Tumour
Pneumothorax
Which bronchopulmonary segments are most often affected in bedridden patients?
Apical and posterior segments of lower lobe
What is cardiac tamponade?
Fluid collects in pericardial cavity
Beating of heart increasingly compromised
What is the difference between stenosis and incompetence?
Stenosis: valves don’t open properly
Incompetence: valves don’t shut properly
What nerve would shoulder dislocation injure?
Axillary
What nerve would a fractured surgical neck of the humerus damage?
Axillary
What would a fractured midshaft of the humerus damage?
Radial nerve
What would a fractured medial epicondyl of the humerus damage?
Ulnar nerve
What would a fracture or dislocation of the neck of the radius damage?
Radial nerve
What could a slashed wrist damage?
Ulnar nerve
Palmar cutaneous branch of the median nerve
What can a dislocated lunate damage?
Median nerve
What does damage to C5,6 result in?
Erb’s palsy
‘waiter’s tip’
What does damage to C8, T1 result in?
Klumpke’s paralysis
