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Tue Jul 3 19:40:46 BST 2007

I don't know but I can tell you that passenger airlines are pressurized to
about 3000 feet.

On 7/3/07, Sise, Mike MD <Sise.Mike at scrippshealth.org> wrote:
>
> We have a young male victim of a car crash one month ago in which he
> suffered a C7 burst fractures with qudraplegia, multiple bilateral rib
> fractures with bilateral hemo-pnuemothoraces and pulmonary contusions.
> Last chest tube discontinued 10 days ago. Weaned to trach collar with
> supplemental oxygen, saturating well with clear chest X-ray and no
> reidual pneumothorax on CT scan chest abdomen pelvis yesterday.
>
> Family lives on East Coast US, we are in San Diego. Tentativley planning
> air evacutation to an East Coast spinal injury rehab center next week,
> less than 3 weeks since last chest tube out . What impact, if any, does
> the chest injury have on the safety of air evacuation? We routinely
> counsel patients not to fly for 6 to 12 weeks after a pneumothorax. Is
> this supported by evidence or is this another trauma urban legend?
>
> Your thoughts?
>
> Mike Sise
>
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