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CHEST TRAUMA. CDR JOHN P WEI, USN MC MD 4 th Medical Battallion, 4 th MLG BSRF-12. CHEST TRAUMA. Blunt versus penetrating trauma Injury dependent on mechanism Motor vehicle accident Fall from height Physical assault Explosive blast Gunshot wound Stab wound. CHEST TRAUMA.
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CHEST TRAUMA CDR JOHN P WEI, USN MC MD 4th Medical Battallion, 4th MLG BSRF-12
CHEST TRAUMA • Blunt versus penetrating trauma • Injury dependent on mechanism • Motor vehicle accident • Fall from height • Physical assault • Explosive blast • Gunshot wound • Stab wound
CHEST TRAUMA Blunt force injuries from assault or fall from height Bony fractures Lung injuries Cardiac contusion
CHEST TRAUMA Acceleration : Deceleration Injuries
CHEST TRAUMA Penetrating injuries: Gunshot wounds Stabbing wounds
CHEST TRAUMA • Improved field diagnosis and treatment of life threatening conditions • Rapid evacuation to higher level of care • High risk of death despite acute intervention • Need for prompt diagnosis and treatment
CHEST TRAUMA Chest wall and ribs Lungs and pleura Great and thoracic vessels Heart and mediastinal structures Diaphragm
CHEST TRAUMA Common Injuries • Rib fractures • Sternal fractures • Open or Closed Pneumothorax - unilateral / bilateral • Hemothorax • Hemopneumothorax
CHEST TRAUMA Clinical consequences associated with: • Mechanism of injury • Location of injury • Associated injuries • Co-morbidities
CHEST TRAUMA Blunt injuries managed non-operatively Management of airway / oxygenation Analgesia Intubation and ventilator support if needed Chest tubes if needed for pneumothorax or hemothorax
CHEST TRAUMA PENETRATING INJURIES Trajectory across chest Mechanism due to knife or gunshot Type of bullet
CHEST TRAUMA INITIAL MANAGEMENT • Airway, Breathing, Circulation • PRIMARY SURVEY • Identify & treat immediately life threatening conditions
CHEST TRAUMA Early intervention directed toward diagnosing and treating: • Tension pneumothorax • Massive hemothorax • Open pneumothorax • Cardiac tamponade • Flail chest
CHEST TRAUMA RADIOLOGIC TESTS Chest X-ray, usually portable Abdominal KUB and FAST Ultrasound Exam CAT scan, and CT Angiogram if needed
CHEST TRAUMA Rib Fractures Physical Diagnosis: Deformity Localized pain Crepitus Treatment: Analgesia (PCA) Pulmonary toilet Observe for pneumothorax
CHEST TRAUMA FLAIL CHEST Segment of chest wall that does not have continuity with rest of thoracic cage • Usually 2 fractures per rib in at least 2 ribs • Segment does not contribute to lung expansion • Disrupts normal pulmonary mechanics • Accompanied by pulmonary contusion in 50% of patients
CHEST TRAUMA Flail Chest Diagnosis: • Paradoxical chest wall movement • Poor air movement • Hypoxia Therapy: • Pain control • Pulmonary & physical therapy • Intubation and ventilator support if needed • Fluid restriction if possible
CHEST TRAUMA • Pneumothorax or Hemothorax • most treated with simple tube thoracostomy
CHEST TRAUMA Decompression of Tension Pneumothorax • large bore needle • 2nd intercostal space • midclavicular line • Chest tube as definitive treatment
PULMONARY CONTUSION • Common with blunt trauma • May be associated with laceration of lung parenchyma • Leakage of blood and fluid into interstitial spaces of lung • Significant inflammatory reaction to blood components in the lung
PULMONARY CONTUSION Parenchymal infiltrate seen on CXR adjacent to injured chest wall
PULMONARY CONTUSION Indications for intubation • Respiratory distress • Hypoxia • Other injuries which compromise respiratory effort, such as abdominal or neurologic
MYOCARDIAL CONTUSION • Physical bruising of the cardiac muscle • Associated with fractures of the sternum • Any severe anterior chest injury
MYOCARDIAL CONTUSION DIAGNOSIS: • Ectopy • ST elevation • Tachycardia • Friction rub • CPK enzymes, Troponin Monitor in ICU & treat dysrhythmias • Serial enzymes • Analgesia
MASSIVE HEMOTHORAX • From blunt or penetrating injuries • 200cc – 1L in chest cavity seen on CXR • Treat with chest tube, if immediate drainage is 1500 cc or if 250 cc/hr for 4 hours, then immediate thoracotomy • Bleeding may be from ribs, lung, blood vessels
Abrupt deceleration or compression injury Sudden motion of heart / great vessels in chest Great vessel injury may occur in 0.3 => 10% penetrating trauma Often rapidly fatal 10% survive to hospital 20% survive > 1 hour 90% who reach hospital will die Early diagnosis and treatment AORTIC RUPTURE
AORTIC RUPTURE • mechanism of injury • widened mediastinum on CXR
AORTIC RUPTURE • CT with contrast angiogram • Contained injury treat with BP control • Operative repair
CARDIAC INJURY AND TAMPONADE • Fatality rates > 80% • Mostly ventricular, right > left • Blood in pericardial sac causes tamponade • Occurs with penetrating injuries
DIAPHRAGM RUPTURE • Associated with blunt trauma or blast injury • Can be due to stab wounds
Surgical repair to replace herniated contents back into abdomen Close muscular diaphragm to restore pulmonary function Chest tube to treat pneumothorax DIAPHRAGM RUPTURE
ESOPHAGEAL INJURY Most due to penetrating trauma Difficult to diagnosis If delayed or missed, rapid sepsis & high mortality Radiography Endoscopy Thoracoscopy Treatment: surgical repair via thoracotomy
EMERGENCY THORACOTOMY ACUTE THORACOTOMY • Cardiac tamponade (relieved) • Vascular injury to thoracic outlet • Massive air leak • Endoscopic / radiographic evidence of tracheal or bronchial injury • Esophageal injury • Chest tube output • immediate evacuation of 1500ml blood • or > 250cc/ hour
ER THORACOTOMY survival rates < 8%
ER THORACOTOMY • BLUNT injury with arrest • Arriving without pulse/BP • Penetrating injury with arrest • High likelihood of isolated / correctable intra-thoracic injury • ER THORACOTOMY in presence of : • pulse • blood pressure • organized cardiac activity
CHEST TUBE INSERTION Insertion Site • mid or anterior axillary line behind pectoralis major • above 5th rib avoid diaphragm
CHEST TUBE INSERTION • Connect tube to underwater seal and suture in place • Examine chest to check effect • CXR to check placement and position
SUMMARY • Chest trauma may be due to blunt, penetrating or combination of causes • Organs at risk include bony, hollow, as well as cardiovascular structures • Immediate life threatening conditions need to be treated • Maintenance of airway, oxygenation, and control of hemorrhage are important goals