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How could a doctor treat a patient with multiple fractured ribs?
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Pain control: Usually pain control and potentially a binder. There is really not. Too much else that can be done. If it is severely painful, sometimes an intercostal block can be done, but the pain relief is temporary.
Answered 9/15/2017
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