Flail chest

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What is flail chest? Flail chest is a condition in which three or more ribs break at two points either on the one side of the chest or both sides of the sternum. In this way, the broken ribs have no attachment to the rest of the rib cage. So, the paradoxically moving chest after chest trauma refers to flail chest. How to manage flail chest? In minor cases where the patient is stable, the patient is observed with good analgesia and oxygenation until the flail segment stabilizes. In severe…

Flail chest

Radiological definition = 3 rib fx in 2 segment. or > 5 adjacent rib fractures.

Flail Chest: Paradoxical Breathing. Monitor vital signs for shock, administer pain meds at reg intervals, encourage client to turn, cough & deep breathe, monitor ABGs

Flail Chest is the instability of the chest wall due to multiple rib fractures sustained by considerable force. Two or more ribs are fractured at two different places on each rib, leaving a rib section that isn’t connected at either end. Broken segment moves opposite normal. Pulls inward with inspiration. The clinical assessments of Flail Chest are provided in the below infographic for your review.