Co-worker collapsed lung!

[Mike Honcho 5,270]

Co-worker called in yesterday saying he was having trouble breathing. Goes to the hospital and he had a collapsed lung.  He went to bed normally and just woke up with a collapsed lung.  Apparently, this just happens this time of year, with air pressure changes.  Friggin crazy, I've never heard of anything like this before.

[HellToupee 1,775]

Wow never heard of this before. The guy must’ve been in agony getting up.Barometric pressure changes is a cause of headaches/migraines for me. Fall into winter and then winter into spring always is a pia for me

[edjr 6,580]

Did you try blowing him?

[Mike Honcho 5,270]

8 minutes ago, edjr said:

Did you try blowing him?

No, and I discovered last night at the hospital, the procedure is to suck him!  They put a tube in his chest and it sucks out the air and stuff and the pressure differential cause the lung to fill in that area.  He was on pain meds and I could tell it was extremely painful!  

[TBayXXXVII 2,545]

1 hour ago, Mike Honcho said:

Co-worker called in yesterday saying he was having trouble breathing. Goes to the hospital and he had a collapsed lung.  He went to bed normally and just woke up with a collapsed lung.  Apparently, this just happens this time of year, with air pressure changes.  Friggin crazy, I've never heard of anything like this before.

To him, or are you saying "in general"?

The people who are more susceptible to this are tall / thin people & smokers... assuming he didn't get hurt, have lung cancer, or went scuba diving recently.

[Mike Honcho 5,270]

44 minutes ago, TBayXXXVII said:

To him, or are you saying "in general"?

The people who are more susceptible to this are tall / thin people & smokers... assuming he didn't get hurt, have lung cancer, or went scuba diving recently.

In general, though he fits none of those groups. Really a crazy strange occurrence. 

[Stryker Ryker 188]

2 hours ago, Mike Honcho said:

Co-worker called in yesterday saying he was having trouble breathing. Goes to the hospital and he had a collapsed lung.  He went to bed normally and just woke up with a collapsed lung.  Apparently, this just happens this time of year, with air pressure changes.  Friggin crazy, I've never heard of anything like this before.

I’ve heard of it happening. Very rare but it can happen. Glad they were able to make it to the hospital in time. Job I just took is working with NICU babies so I manage the transport unit that handles them. Have had a few pneumothoraxes (air in chest cavity in layman’s terms) in the babies the last few weeks but RSV has been HORRIBLE this year so I’ve been busy ever since I took over. I LOVE the job working with the neonatal babies. Didn’t plan on working with NICU when I was in school but ever since accepting this position I don’t see me doing anything else but trying to help babies survive into childhood 🥺

[TBayXXXVII 2,545]

1 hour ago, Mike Honcho said:

In general, though he fits none of those groups. Really a crazy strange occurrence. 

Yeah, a freak incident then.  It happened to my son when he was 4, but he was really sick at the time, so it wasn't completely unexpected.  Very scary when it happens.

[Stryker Ryker 188]

23 minutes ago, TBayXXXVII said:

Yeah, a freak incident then.  It happened to my son when he was 4, but he was really sick at the time, so it wasn't completely unexpected.  Very scary when it happens.

I’m sorry man. I can tell how scary it can be. Even with my training, seeing it happen to a small kid still freaks me out/upsets me cause they’re so small & innocent you HATE seeing them go through something so traumatic. It’s why I decided to just stay working with kids in the hospital cause I fully believe every child should be able to grow up & go to their HS prom among other things