Thoracic injuries and the two primary causes, a penetrating or blunt trauma are described as well as the different sequela from those two causes. The individual processes that can occur to the chest due to trauma have to be treated with different levels of severity and with the correct course of action. If time is spent incorrectly, the patient’s life can be forfeit. Practitioners with an understanding of the processes, will be able to properly manage situations regarding the mentioned complications that can occur to a patient with chest trauma. Ideas, invention, and innovation can be used to prevent incoming trauma to the chest, and if effort were spent on research, patients would not have to be admitted into a facility for trauma to the chest.
