EB is a 24 year patient admitted to the Emergency Department (ED) following a motor vehicle...
EB is a 24 year patient admitted to the Emergency Department (ED) following a motor vehicle accident. He has a cervical collar in place.
The patient presents with reduced level of consciousness. He is cyanotic. His respiratory rate is 6, but irregular. His breath sounds are diminished anteriorly, but absent in the lateral and posterior lung fields. What main physiological concern is raised by this scenario? Name two possible explanations for this patients condition.
Homework Answers
The physiological concerns raised by this patients condition is that the patient might have punctured his posterior part of his lungs because of the cervical bone fracture.
The two possible explanations are:
- either the patient might have posterior lung puncture or empyema
- or the patient might have been suffering from hematoma in the lungs or blood collection in the lungs
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