You are assisting at an accident scene and are asked to apply a dressing over a sucking chest wound on the patient's left anterior chest wall. Which of the following items would you use?
a. A dry sterile gauze dressing
b. Sterile gauze soaked in sterile water
c. A clean cravat
d. Vaseline gauze
Question 2
You have placed an occlusive dressing on a puncture wound on the right side of the chest of a 33-year-old woman. During your ongoing assessment your primary concern is monitoring the injury for:
a. arterial bleeding.
b. infection at the wound site.
c. tension pneumothorax.
d. ecchymosis at the wound site.
Muscles of the shoulders and chest.
Burning-of-Atlanta scene from Gone with the Wind.
Apply direct pressure to the patient’s wound.
Stand facing the side of the table and apply cross-handed stretches for the subcutaneous fascia. ...
Apply forearm to the deep fascia of the back. Stand to one side of the face cradle; use the proximal ...
Fingertip rake over sternum and pectoralis muscles from midline to lateral chest. Adjust for women. ...