chest wound
Punctured thoracic region
A chest wound is an injury that penetrates or damages the chest cavity, potentially affecting the heart, lungs, or major blood vessels.
Chest wounds range from superficial cuts to life-threatening trauma requiring immediate medical attention.
In combat or emergency contexts, the term often implies a gunshot or stabbing wound: He died of a chest wound sustained in the firefight.
- thoraxCentral body cavity
- rib cageBony chest enclosure
- punctureHole from penetration
- bleedingBlood loss from injury
- traumaLasting psychological wound
gunshot · stab · gaping · sucking · sucking sound · bandage · gauze · ribs · lung · collapsed · battlefield · war zone · emergency · emergency room · pressure · hemorrhage · internal bleeding · entry
- woundsulcer, cuts, bedsore, bruises, bedsores
- chest emergenciespneumothorax, punctured lung, rib fracture, respiratory failure, cardiac tamponade
- War Woundsblast injury, blast injuries, amputation, amputations, shrapnel
body location
chest woundleg wound
Injury to the leg
arm wound · head wound · hand injury · foot injury · hand wound