Sch 14, s 38

Moderate chest injury

Current

		Example of the injury	11 to 20
		the injury will involve serious traumatic injury to the chest or organs in the chest cavity, causing moderate disability and ongoing medical problems
		Examples of factors affecting ISV assessment
		• duration and intensity of pain and suffering
		• the DPI of lung or cardiac function, as evidenced by objective test results
		• the need for a temporary tracheostomy for short-term airway management
		Comment about appropriate level of ISV
		• An ISV at or near the bottom of the range will be appropriate if there will be the loss of a breast without significant adverse psychological reaction.
		• An ISV in the lower half of the range will be appropriate if there was a pneumothorax, or haemothorax, requiring intercostal catheter insertion.
		• An ISV at or near the top of the range will be appropriate if there are multiple rib fractures causing—
		(a) a flail segment (flail chest) requiring mechanical ventilation in the acute stage; and
		(b) moderate permanent impairment of cardio-pulmonary function.

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