Flail chest: a nursing challenge.
Caring for a patient with a flail chest poses a significant challenge to the ED nurse. Performing serial evaluation, complicated pain management, and diligent pulmonary toilet will put your nursing skills to the test! Finding the time to do it in a busy emergency department ... well, that's a topic for another article.
Harrahill
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Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, USA.
D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D005409:Flail Chest / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D012119:Respiration