A28 year old male suffered blunt trauma to the right anterior chest. he is pale, cool, diaphoretic, and responsive to verbal stimuli. respirations are 38 and shallow with paradoxical movement. what should you do?

The answer is to perform a chest X-ray.

Explanation:

A 28-year-old patient with a previous thorax trauma, who is pale, cold, sweaty and has a good verbal response to the physical examination. besides tachypnea, shallow breathing and paradoxical thoracic movements. We are facing an unstable thorax, which is an alteration of the thoracic cage due to a fracture of two or more contiguous costal arches or the sternum that leads to instability of the thoracic cage. It is vitally important to perform a chest X-ray (thoracic box) to see probable fracture sites and schedule the corresponding medical-surgical management indicated.

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