A SUCKING chest wound
Penetrating chest wounds are often referred to as "sucking chest wounds."
If you do not seal a chest wound, when the victim's diaphragm contracts to draw air in to the lungs, air is pulled into the wound rather than through the trachea. Sealing the chest wound allows breathing to occur normally.
An open chest wound would present with frothy blood at site of the injury, difficulty breathing (lung collapse), gurgling sound when breathing
Hmmm...difficulty breathing, profuse bleeding from the area where the wound is, and a big hole in the guy's chest that shouldn't be there.
An Open Chest Wound (Sucking Chest Wound)
If you are not sure if a chest wound has penetrated the chest wall completely, treat the wound as though it were an open chest wound.
No, rapid breathing is a sign, not a wound.
The symptoms include:Difficulty breathing (pneumothorax)Coughing up bloodSucking or hissing sounds coming from the chest woundFrothy blood appearing from air bubbles in the wound.Usually a big, gaping hole is a good indication. Seriously, it usually detremined by the depth of the wound. It is usually a wound where penetration of the chest wall has occured. As opposed to a surface wound which only punctures the subcutaneous fat and muscle.
The symptoms include:Difficulty breathing (pneumothorax)Coughing up bloodSucking or hissing sounds coming from the chest woundFrothy blood appearing from air bubbles in the wound.Usually a big, gaping hole is a good indication. Seriously, it usually detremined by the depth of the wound. It is usually a wound where penetration of the chest wall has occured. As opposed to a surface wound which only punctures the subcutaneous fat and muscle.
The symptoms include:Difficulty breathing (pneumothorax)Coughing up bloodSucking or hissing sounds coming from the chest woundFrothy blood appearing from air bubbles in the wound.Usually a big, gaping hole is a good indication. Seriously, it usually detremined by the depth of the wound. It is usually a wound where penetration of the chest wall has occured. As opposed to a surface wound which only punctures the subcutaneous fat and muscle.
Difficulty breathing, jugular vein distention, tracheal deviation, and decreased breath sounds.