Emergency Medicine Test Prep

Category - Chest Trauma

Trauma to a child’s chest is considered different anatomically from adult due to all of following conditions, except?
  1. smaller body mass and greater forces applied per unit area
  2. less fat,
  3. less elastic connective tissue
  4. child chest Anatomy.
Explanation
Answer: D - All of the above can be vital in management of chest trauma of a child but basic anatomy is same almost same as adults.
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