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Open Chest Wounds and Flail Chest

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Thoracic injuries are commonly associated with penetrating and blunt abdominal trauma and are implicated in 50–70 % of trauma deaths [1]. Cardiac tamponade, tension pneumothorax, massive hemothorax, airway obstruction, flail chest, and open pneumothorax represent the six immediately life-threatening injuries attributed to chest trauma [2]. Accordingly, they must be accurately identified and dealt with urgently.

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  1. Combat Casualty Care Directorate, Naval Medical Research Unit, San Antonio, TX, USA

    Jacob J. Glaser MD

  2. Division of Trauma Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Carlos J. Rodriguez DO

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  1. Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Central Florida, Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Central Florida, Director, SE Specialty Care Centers of Innovation, Orlando Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Orlando, Florida, USA

    Latha Ganti

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Glaser, J.J., Rodriguez, C.J. (2016). Open Chest Wounds and Flail Chest. In: Ganti, L. (eds) Atlas of Emergency Medicine Procedures. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2507-0_25

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