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    Chest Trauma, Blunt

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    Basics

    Description

    • Significant source of morbidity and mortality in US
    • ∼12 thoracic trauma victims per million population per day
    • ∼33% of these injuries require hospital admission.
    • Directly responsible for 20–25% of all deaths attributed to trauma
    • Contributing cause of death in 25% of patients who die from other traumatic injuries

    Etiology

    • Common mechanisms of injury include:
      • Motor vehicle collisions (70–80%)
      • Motorcycle collisions
      • Pedestrians struck by a motor vehicle
      • Falls from great heights
      • Assaults
      • Blast injuries
      • Sports-related injuries
    • Injuries can result from direct blunt force to the chest or from forces related to rapid deceleration.

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    Citation

    Rosen, Peter, et al., editors. "Chest Trauma, Blunt." 5-Minute Emergency Consult, 5th ed., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2016. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307223/all/Chest_Trauma__Blunt.
    Chest Trauma, Blunt. In: Rosen P, Shayne P, Barkin AZ, et al, eds. 5-Minute Emergency Consult. 5th ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2016. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307223/all/Chest_Trauma__Blunt. Accessed April 26, 2019.
    Chest Trauma, Blunt. (2016). In Rosen, P., Shayne, P., Barkin, A. Z., Wolfe, R. E., Hayden, S. R., Barkin, R. M., & Schaider, J. J. (Eds.), 5-Minute Emergency Consult. Available from https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307223/all/Chest_Trauma__Blunt
    Chest Trauma, Blunt [Internet]. In: Rosen P, Shayne P, Barkin AZ, Wolfe RE, Hayden SR, Barkin RM, Schaider JJ, editors. 5-Minute Emergency Consult. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2016. [cited 2019 April 26]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307223/all/Chest_Trauma__Blunt.
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