Chest trauma (pneumo / haemothorax / flail)

HIGH-YIELD Appears 6×

Teaching point

Trauma -> ABC first (oxygen / ventilatory support). Open ('sucking') pneumothorax -> 3-sided occlusive dressing. Tension pneumothorax -> immediate needle decompression. Dull percussion + reduced breath sounds -> haemothorax -> chest drain. Flail chest with respiratory failure -> positive-pressure ventilation.

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