3 Types Of Chest Injuries 

Chest injuries occur at the chest wall (the skin, bones, fat, and muscles securing the lungs, such as your ribs and sternum) or any of the organs within the chest.   

Chest injuries involve bruising or abrasions to the chest area, lung or heart damage, or broken bones. 

A sucking or open chest wound is one that generates a marked sucking or hissing sound as a person is breathing.  

SUCKING CHEST WOUND

Usually, an open chest wound happens when a person has been stabbed, sustained a gunshot, or wounded by other things that penetrate the chest.  

Although the rib bones are strong and are connected by bands of muscles, it’s not impossible to fracture one or more ribs if you’re hardly hit in the chest. 

RIB FRACTURE

A flail chest is a case wherein a rib cage section is separated from other parts of the chest wall. 

FLAIL CHEST

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