Case Study 10

Question 1 - I got straight from the AMU text book, feel free to challenge the answer:
Wound production is most often the result of the transfer of kinetic energy from one object to another. There are four factors that contribute to wound production by mechanical trauma: the amount of energy involved, the duration of the impact that causes energy transfer to the body tissues, the surface area over which the transfer occurs, and the physical characteristics of the tissue that receives the energy.

Post Merge: 10 years ago

4.  What is the name of the condition in which several adjacent ribs is broken?
When three or more adjacent ribs are fractured, this condition is called a flail chest.

5.  Due to her broken ribs, what is Leanne at risk of developing?
Hypoxemia and hypercapnia can arise because of hypoventilation of the lung underlying the detached wall section. This can lead to disrupted respiratory functions.

Both answers from the AMU text book Advance Human Anatomy.