18-06-2014, 02:59 PM
FWIW, Drew, displacement or deviation to one side of the trachea is universally diagnosed in the medical world as being a result of trapped and accumulating air pressure in the pleural cavity surrounding the lung on the side away from the deviation. This condition, known as a tension pneumothorax, can develop on its own in a patient or can be caused by (or made worse by) pressure ventilation during resuscitation attempts. Often, in bullet or stab wounds, the lung will also be compromised and unable to inflate during respiration. In these cases, the compromise (hole) in the lung is also the source for the air trapped between the pleural lining and the lung.
Mr. HILL. The right rear portion of his head was missing. It was lying in the rear seat of the car. His brain was exposed. There was blood and bits of brain all over the entire rear portion of the car. Mrs. Kennedy was completely covered with blood. There was so much blood you could not tell if there had been any other wound or not, except for the one large gaping wound in the right rear portion of the head.
Warren Commission testimony of Secret Service Agent Clinton J. Hill, 1964
Warren Commission testimony of Secret Service Agent Clinton J. Hill, 1964