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Blunt Chest Trauma

Name: Blunt Chest Trauma
Creator: Daphne J. Stewart
Keywords: Male, Advanced Practice Nursing, Rib Fractures, Thoracic Injuries, Multiple Trauma, Accidents, Traffic, Pneumothorax, Aorta, Thoracic, Middle Aged, Wounds, Nonpenetrating

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Nov 2014 English Publisher:Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)Journal:Journal of Trauma Nursing, volume 21, pages 282-284 (issn: 1078-7496,

Authors: Daphne J. Stewart;

doi: 10.1097/jtn.0000000000000079

pmid: 25397335

Blunt Chest Trauma

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Abstract

Blunt chest trauma is associated with a wide range of injuries, many of which are life threatening. This article is a case study demonstrating a variety of traumatic chest injuries, including pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment. Literature on the diagnosis and treatment was reviewed, including both theoretical and research literature, from a variety of disciplines. The role of the advance practice nurse in trauma is also discussed as it relates to assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with traumatic chest injuries.

Keywords

Male, Advanced Practice Nursing, Rib Fractures, Thoracic Injuries, Multiple Trauma, Accidents, Traffic, Pneumothorax, Aorta, Thoracic, Middle Aged, Wounds, Nonpenetrating, Nurse's Role, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Injury Severity Score, Treatment Outcome, Trauma Centers, Humans, Glasgow Coma Scale

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