The document discusses penetrating chest wounds, including their causes such as sounds of air being sucked in or blood bubbling out of the wound, symptoms like difficulty breathing, and treatments which involve stopping bleeding with gauze or lint and doing a full body checkup while monitoring vitals and tilting the casualty to their injured side. Differences in treating conscious versus unconscious casualties and basic precautions are also covered.

1. Done by: Mervin Lim P enetrating C hest W ound

2. A genda Introduction Conclude Definition Causes Treatment Symptoms Steps Rationale

3. P enetrating C hest W ound

4. C auses

5. S ymptoms Sound of air being sucked in the wound Difficult painful breathing that is rapid, shallow and uneven Crackling feeling around the wound Coughing out frothy red blood Blood bubbling out of the wound Veins in neck becoming prominent Anxiety

6. T reatment Vs

7. Difference and Similarities Conscious Unconscious Similarities Both requires tilting of casualty to injured side Both require stopping of blood and one way valve immediately Both require full body checkup Both requires tilting of casualty to injured side Both require stopping of blood and one way valve immediately Both require full body checkup Differences Casualty can sit on chair or floor, hence can be tilted while treating Requires cervical spinal collar at first Casualty may have trauma and hence, do not tilt while treating Requires removal of collar and tilting to recovery, to injured side

8. B asic Precautions

9. 1) 2)

10. How? STOP ALL BLEEDING WOUNDS FIRST GAUZE OR LINT 1) Tension pneumothorax!

11. GAUZE OR LINT

12. Full Body Checkup Head Neck Spine Monitor Vitals Collar bone Arms + Quick capillary refill Ribs Hips Limbs 2)

13. C onclusion What? What exactly is PCW -Definition -Causes 2. Treatment for PCW -Diagnosis -Basic precautions -Treatment and rationale

14. The End! Thank you!