CHEST PAIN Chest Pain Overview If you are having severe pain‚ crushing‚ squeezing‚ or pressure in your chest that lasts more than a few minutes‚ or if the pain moves into your neck‚ left shoulder‚ arm‚ or jaw‚ go immediately to a hospital emergency department. Chest pain is one of the most frightening symptoms a person can have. It is sometimes difficult even for a doctor or other medical professional to tell what is causing chest pain and whether it is life-threatening. * Any part of the
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Chest Tube Insertion‚ Infant A chest tube is a thin‚ flexible tube that is inserted into the space between lung and chest wall. Air or fluid can collect in this space and cause infants to have breathing trouble. Infants at risk for this complication include those who: • Have lungs that are not fully developed at birth. • Breathe in stool during the birth process (meconium aspiration). • Need to be on a machine to help them breathe (ventilator). • Have surgery on the heart or lungs
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attention when they experience chest pain. Many patients assume the chest pain is from indigestion or acid peptic symptoms. These patients waste time with antacids. Chest pain may be accompanied with vomiting‚ sweating and breathlessness. It is known that 15-20% of heart attacks can be painless especially in diabetics and elderly. Severe chest pain can be caused by several other issues and it needs to be ruled out to receive proper treatment. Five known causes for chest pain are pericarditis‚ aortic
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Most likely diagnosis considering the clinical picture Localised chest pain over the sternum is a common symptom and can be an indicator of a large assembly of conditions. Commonly seen in cardiac diseases including angina pectoris‚ myocardial infarction and pericarditis (Patient.info‚ 2017). As well as in disorders of the gastroesophageal‚ psychiatric and pulmonary diseases; pneumothorax‚ gastro-oesophageal reflux disease‚ pleurisy‚ panic attack and pulmonary embolism (Kaski‚ 2016; Eslick‚ Jones
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1. Given the diagnosis of pneumothorax‚ explain why the paramedic had difficulty ventilating A.W. • Air escaped from the lung into the pleural space. Eventually‚ enough air collected in the pleural space to cause the mediastinum to shift twoard the right. The collapsed left lung‚ increased intrapleural pressure‚ and rightward shift make it difficult to ventilate A.W. 2. Interpret A.W.’s ABG’s • Significant respiratory acidosis with profound hypoxemia. A.W. is near death. 3. What is the
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admitted principally for a hemo-pneumothorax. A pneumothorax is when there is a partial or complete collapse of the lungs because of air entering through the pleural space around the lungs. Air entering the lungs through the parietal or visceral spaces cause a decrease in negative pressure‚ which causes the lungs to collapse because there is no negative pressure to keep the lungs expanded. This in turn creates an ineffective breathing pattern. The hemo-pneumothorax signifies that blood has been introduced
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Chest pain or pressure that patients feel is commonly called angina. This usually occurs as a symptom of a problem with the heart and its blood supply. There are two types of angina called stable and unstable. Stable angina is where a person is feeling pain‚ chest pressure‚ or radiant pain in left arm and back with exertion. The more serious type is unstable angina‚ which means having those symptoms even at rest. There is a system of arteries that supply oxygen rich blood to the myocardium‚ or heart
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Nursing Care Plan for Chest Pain NURSING DIAGNOSIS OUTCOME/GOALS INTERVENTIONS EVALUATION Acute chest pain related to ischemic cardiomyopathy as evidenced by tightness in chest. Patient will be chest pain free for duration of shift. Assess for chest pain q 4 hours during shift. Monitor vital signs q 4 hours during shift. Educate patient on importance of lifestyle modifications such as weight loss. Goal was met. Pt was chest pain free during shift. NURSING DIAGNOSIS
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most common cause of injuries accounting for 57 - 70% of chest trauma patient. Between 20 - 46% of deaths in poly-traumatic patients are due to chest injury (1‚ 2) . Pneumothorax is a common complication of blunt chest trauma.(3) Rate of occurrence of tension pneumothorax is 10% while traumatic pneumothorax‚ iatrogenic pneumothorax and delayed pneumothorax occur in 33.6%‚ 18.1% and 12% traumatic population‚ respectively (3) . Mechanism of chest trauma including blunt trauma (which is the commonest)
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Spontaneous Pneumothorax 1 Spontaneous Pneumothorax Lacey Shelton Professional Role Development Middle TN State University Spontaneous Pneumothorax 2 Kevin is a healthy nonsmoking 18 year old male who was 6 ’2" and weighed about 145 pounds. On May 16th‚ 2001 he was sitting in his high school chemistry class when he started getting hot and sweaty. He got up and went to the water fountain when he started noticing right arm pain. When he returned to the class room the teacher told him
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