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The injured person should be given  oxygen at a rate appropriate to the clinical situation.

The neck and back of the injured person should be immobilized after a possible chest injury.

Thoracic trauma is a common cause of significant disability and mortality, the leading cause of death from physical trauma after head and spinal cord injury.[1] Blunt thoracic injuries are the primary or a contributing cause of about a quarter of all trauma-related deaths.