intercostal muscles and the diaphrgm do what during inhale:
diaphragm contracts and moves downward during inhale.
intercostal muscles are muscles between ribs, help move the rib cage during breathing.
mediastanum:
hemothorax:
cardiac tamponade:
hemopneumothorax:
Beck’s Triade:
flail chest:
always suspect pulmonary contusion with flail chest
traumatic asphyxia:
commotio cordis:
caused by sudden blow to chest during critical part of heart beat causes cardiac arrest
know quadrants of abdomen and what is in them:
RUQ
LUQ
RLQ
LLQ
know the solid organs:
referred pain to RT shoulder can be injury to the:
liver
(left referred shoulder pain would be possible inj to the gall bladder)