Guest guest Posted April 21, 2000 Report Share Posted April 21, 2000 Jerry is now recovering in hospital after your interventions. Debrief: He had lost his grip on the bar after his spotter had left the room. The bar along with the full weights then landed on his chest. As one hand had given out before the other the bar had swung down onto the left side of his rib cage. The resulting blow damaged the wall of the lung and intitiated a tension pneumothrax. Some fractions of a second later the rest the weight bar hit down as well. This impact caused traumatic asphyxiation as seen by the reddened face and the bloodshot eyes. Neck vein distension is a sign of both the asphyxiation and the tenson pneumothorax. As Jerry has a history of TIA you couldn't rule out a reoccurance or a bleed caused by the sudden increase of pressure. No signs of head injury were presented though it wasn't ruled out. From the chest and head injury, analgesia becomes a difficult choice from the limited drug kit available. The priority, which was well handled, was the treatment of the tension pnuemothorax by needle decompression. Apart from the tension pnuemothorax, the only other injuries sustained were heavy bruising to the chest and a sprained right wrist. Well done to all who replied. Ross Boardman editor@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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