Fire Country s02e04: “[Bode] is concussed. Eve said that debris fell on him inside.”

Wild Cards s01e09: “That bullet definitely broke a few ribs. Just try not to move, okay?”

+bonus:

Doctor Baker: But you'll mend fast. You'll be up and movin' around in a week, 10 days. Mr. Hanson: Yah, the rest will do you good. Charles: I can't spend a week in bed. I've got a lot of work to do. Mr. Hanson: You do what the Doc tells you! I will talk to O'Neil. Charles: It's not just stackin' the grain. I've got plowin' to do. I've got work in the barn. Doctor Baker: It will have to wait. I'll check back in a couple of days, Mrs Ingalls. Caroline: Thank you, Doctor. I'll see you out. Mr. Hanson: You stay in bed.

GOOD LORD I love giving whumpees broken ribs!!!

Struggle to breathe. The anxiety over not being able to take a full breath, and maybe not knowing why! The desperate gasps! THE PAIN! The recovery time my dudes! Holding them as they try to press on through the battle! Ah yes.

Ok, that's all. Everyone can go back about their business.

Sam's reaction bonus:

Eddie Diaz: groaning loudly in pain, broken ribs, hasn’t taken any meds, can’t even walk on his own also Eddie Diaz: I’m fine!

Whumptober Day 13

Fracture

Burn Notice: Season 1 Episode 1

Sugar hits Michael in his already broken ribs.

Once Upon a Time S02E12 ↳ RFW's Favorite OUAT Whump Moments (✚)

NCIS Los Angeles 10.01 episode “To Live and Die in Mexico”

Character: G Cullen, performed by Chris O'Donnell

Type of whumps: hit by a rocket in the previous episode, dragged out and sore at his torso, bloody cut on his forehead and dizzy, holding his flank and limping, fallen from a cliff during a fight and panting, badly sore, examined and found a broken rib, difficulties to walk and sitten exhausted and sweat, broken rib punctured his lung causing severe difficulties to breath and coughing, passed out and emergency treatment on the field, on a hospital stretch, unconscious and vulnerable into an hospital room, ambushed and almost killed, unconscious into an hospital room with IVs and checking monitors.

Those ribs got demolished…

- Are you hurt?

- Yeah…a little.

- “A little”?

Fractured rib things

Hi. I’ve researched this topic to death. Here are some things I’ve learned:

- The first aid shock position for someone who doesn’t have a spine/neck injury and has difficulty breathing is a semi-reclining position.

- Generally, it is more comfortable to have the whumpee propped up with pillows in bed or sitting in a reclining chair rather than having them lie flat.

- Wrapping fractured ribs is usually advised against, as this puts the whumpee at greater risk of pneumonia, infection, or a collapsed lung. 

- Going off of the last thing, in order to further avoid pneumonia, infection, or a collapsed lung, it is recommended that someone with fractured ribs take a deep breath roughly every one to two hours.

- Button-up shirts require less movement to put on, and are thereby less painful (bonus points if the caretaker puts it on for them).

- Speaking involves a lot of chest muscles, so if your whumpee has fractured ribs, they are going to sound very weak when they talk.

- A bruised diaphragm is a thing that can happen with a hard blow to the chest. For those who don’t know, the diaphragm is the muscle right below the lungs. It contracts to allow more room in the lungs when we inhale, and it relaxes when we exhale, pushing the air back out. So when a bruised diaphragm occurs, the lungs starts spasming and the whumpee cannot breathe properly.

- If the whumpee has bruised lungs, they will need to go on oxygen.

If you would like me to research something else to death and post a few facts, let me know! I like researching.