Pulmonary Contusion

  • Complex process of lung injury which in simple terms can be considered as bruising of the lung tissue
  • Not immediately apparent and a high index of suspicion is important based on the mechanism of injury
  • Care should be taken with fluid resuscitation and  guidelines used for fluid resuscitation should be stringently applied
  • ABCDE
  • Oxygen
  • Transfer to the Emergency Department as soon as possible