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10 Signs and sx of tension pneumothorax - ✔✔1.chest pain

2.air hunger

3.respiratory distress

4.tachycardia

5.hypotension

6.tracheal deviation away from injury

7.unilateral absence of breath sounds

8.elevated hemithorax w/out respiratory movement

9.neck vein distention

10.cyanosis (late sign)



Signs and sx of cardiac tamponade - ✔✔1. Becks Triad= increased venous pressure(distended neck
veins), decreased arterial pressure(hypotension), muffled heart tones

2. PEA

3. JVD &/or Kussmauls sign

4. Use FAST to dx



tension pneumothorax can often be confused with cardiac tamponade, how do you differentiate? -
✔✔Careful assessment of the pt's breath sounds is paramount to differentiate the two



Tx of tension pneumothorax - ✔✔1. Needle decompression- large bore needle 2nd intercostal space
midclavicular line 2. chest tube 4 or 5th intercostal space mid axillary



triad of death - ✔✔-Acidosis

- Hypothermia

- Coagulopathy (blood can't clot resulting in continued bleeding)

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