Diagnostic Radiology/Chest Imaging/Chest Trauma

Identify a widened mediastinum on a trauma radiograph and state the differential diagnosis (including aortic/arterial injury, venous injury, fracture of sternum or spine)
Identify the indirect and direct signs of aortic injury on contrast-enhanced chest CT scan
Identify and state the significance of chronic traumatic pseudoaneurysm on a chest radiograph, CT or MRI
Identify fractured ribs, clavicle, spine and scapula on a chest radiograph or chest CT
Name five common causes of abnormal lung opacity on a trauma radiograph or CT
Identify an abnormally positioned diaphragm or loss of definition of a diaphragm on a trauma chest radiograph and suggest the diagnosis of a ruptured diaphragm
Identify a pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum on a trauma chest radiograph
Identify the fallen lung sign on a radiograph or chest CT scan and suggest the diagnosis of tracheobronchial tear
Identify a cavitary lesion on a post-trauma radiograph or chest CT and suggest the diagnosis of laceration with pneumatocele formation, hematoma or abscess secondary to aspiration
Name the three most common causes of pneumomediastinum in the setting of trauma
Recognize and distinguish between pulmonary contusion, laceration and aspiration