The 1st Aid treatment is minimal. Immobilisation of chest invites {pneumonia}. Patient should be sent to hospital for medical examination to see {ribs} have not penetrated the {lung}.
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A more serious injury of chest, often as a result of a car accident, is multiple {fracture} of {ribs} or a {flailed chest}. The chest is unable to expand properly often leading to {paradoxical respiration}. In this case the patient is seriously ill. The signs are: