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Nav Singh Badesha, M.D.
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FLAIL CHEST ALERT🚨 #MedicalMonday An important #mindfulmonday reminder of how miraculously perfect conditions inside & outside of our chest cavity have to be for us to be able to take a deep breath. Flial chest is caused by blunt thoracic trauma (e.g., a steering wheel hitting the chest in a motor vehicle collision or falling from heights or getting hit by a base ball bat) It is defined as fractures of three or more ribs in two or more places, which create a floating segment that loses its mechanical continuity with the remainder of the chest wall. The fractured portion of the rib cage (flail segment) separates from the rest of the chest wall & moves in a paradoxical motion on respiration. When we have these rib fractures - the flail segment moves with the intra-thoracic pressure -> moving inward during inspiration & outward during expiration. #Medspiration . . . #trauma #emergencymedicine #foamed #usmle #surgery #rib #brokenribs #medicalscience #anatomy #anatomystudy #pathology #usmlestep1 #medschool #medschoolproblems #medschoollife #emergencyroom #motorvehicleaccident #medicine #medicaleducation