You know, throughout the course of everyday life, many of us are going to sustain injuries. Hi, I'm Captain Joe Bruni, and what I want to discuss and talk about, is how to treat a punctured lung. A punctured lung can be a closed injury, or an open injury. A closed injury, such as blunt force trauma to the chest or rib cage area, that can break or fracture a rib, puncturing a lung, or an open wound, such as a puncture from a knife, or other foreign object, that goes through the chest wall, into the lung itself, puncturing it. Either way, the patient is going to require medical treatment from the emergency room, or a local physician. If it is an open wound, that has punctured through the chest wall, and into the lung, a first aid kit can be used, to help treat that dressed area. Vaseline gauze can be placed over that wound, and taped down on three sides, to eliminate the person getting air into the chest cavity, between the chest wall and the lung, causing what's known as a pneumothorax. This will cause a collapsed lung, and a great deal of pain. By taping down the Vaseline gauze, or some type of other type of dressing, that can be placed over the wound and taped, to allow air to escape. Also, some of the signs and symptoms that a puncture to the chest cavity, may have indeed affected the lung, is bubbling, or some type of bubbling, coming through the blood, that is emitting from that puncture wound. This is a sign that the lung has been punctured, and you want to prevent air, from getting into the chest cavity. If it's a closed, type of blunt force trauma, a person may also experience a pneumothorax, or a hemothorax, from blood entering the chest wall area, and collapsing the lung.In either situation, a person will require medical intervention, at the emergency room, or a local physician. A punctured lung is never an enjoyable experience, but with rapid treatment, symptoms can be reduced, and pain reduced. I'm Captain Joe Bruni. Stay safe, and we'll see you next time.
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