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Edited by dRoy on Feb 20th 2020 at 2:33:51 AM
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The whole thing sounds like it was written by Dr. Cox himself. ![[lol]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lol2v12_4863.png "[lol]"){kind=small}
Man, almost every medicine related Cracked articles have something bad to say about it.
Sometimes I wish that I took up pre-med instead of English...but realized that I was far too lazy. I mean, not that English doesn't require a lot of work.
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...Me neither.
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Before modern medicine how would have/would it have been possible for someone to set a broken rib?
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From what I'm reading ribs can't be set, their treatment relies on pain relief.
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You tape or strap broken ribs fairly tightly. That's about all you can do to "set" them. Strips of cloth aren't high-tech — that's what would have been done long ago, as well.
edited 2nd Jun '14 3:16:54 PM by Madrugada
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Fortunately, simple, single rib fractures generally do not need to be fixed in place. Closed reduction is a fairly basic technique.
If multiple adjacent ribs fracture, though, flail chest can result. This is precisely as bad it sounds, and is a major medical emergency. I doubt a historical person would survive.
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Funny, I'd have thought that before modern medicine, the most common cause of a flail chest would have been a flail to the chest. *rimshot*
But anyway, what they said. Single rib fractures are usually managed conservatively, but fracturing 2 or more ribs in 2 or more places = "flail chest", and that's associated with pulmonary contusions, inefficient breathing and sharp pointy bits sticking into the lung.
edited 2nd Jun '14 9:04:35 PM by Pyrite
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Is flail chest when the ribs get sprung loose from the sternum, or does it cover mid-rib breaks as well, where they're still attached front and back?
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I think it covers mid-rib breaks - in fact, I'd think that those are more common than dislocations from the sternum, although I can't quote figures off-hand.
edited 2nd Jun '14 8:55:45 PM by Pyrite
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I find that kind of amusing. "Oi, you. You can still change state, right? I have these spare dendritic connections going nowhere, now. Do us a favour, would you, and branch to fit? I miss having stuff to do with those, and I still have my half of the worksheet: it would be dead easy to work out. Will share! <cue neighbours piping up in turn>"
edited 3rd Jun '14 7:43:48 PM by Euodiachloris
You always have a way to write stuff in a very funny way, Euo.
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