Motor vehicle accidents are the most common causes of death in the United States. These leading accidents are due to alcohol consumption prior to driving, speeding, non-use of seat belts, and distracted driving, including uses of cell phones. Motor vehicle accidents can cause many different injuries and can vary depending on the type of collision. With the increase in deaths and injuries from motor vehicle crashes, it continues to be a significant health problem. In this research paper I hope to explain discuss the management of most common MVA injuries, such as chest trauma, thoracic injuries, and cardiac injuries and the current approaches to maintain the airway. One of the major injuries during MVA is chest injury. Most frequent motor vehicle accidents are due to direct impact to the chest, thoracic compression a sudden or severe acceleration/deceleration of a vehicle. An injury from a direct impact affects the soft tissues of the chest wall: haematomas. An injury to the osseous part of the chest wall causes rib, sternal fracture and sternoclavicular dislocation. In serious conditions the heart the lungs and mediastinal vessels are impacted. In thoracic compression it causes organ contusion or rupture to the intathoracic such …show more content…
In patients with flail chest and a large pleural effusion required chest tube placement after the first HFCWO treatment due to increasing serous pleural fluid; treatments were continued without further incident. None of the ten patients with solid organ injury being managed non-operatively required transfusion or operative management. Use of HFCWO did not result in increased bleeding or need for surgical treatment of solid organ injury in those subjects that were not scheduled for surgery. Anderson et al(2008) This study proves that HFCWO treatment is safe for trauma patients with lung and chest wall injuries. These findings support further work to demonstrate the airway clearance benefits of HFCWO