Question

True or False? You are providing care to a 23-year-old male who was struck on the side of the chest with a baseball bat. The victim has pain and is having difficulty breathing. It is clear that the victim has sustained a lung injury and that air has been allowed to build up in the chest cavity, reducing heart and lung function. This is known as a flail chest

Answer 1

The statement is True because

The flail chest is the high threatening medical issue when the rib segment is damaged by certain injury or trauma and bends towards other segment to pressurize that. It’s a very painful condition and leads to the difficulty in breathing as well as shortness of breathe due to build up of the air space in the chest cavity.