This document provides an overview of chest trauma, including classifications, injuries, signs, symptoms, and treatments. It discusses blunt trauma, penetrating trauma, and compression injuries. Specific injuries covered include chest wall injuries like rib fractures and flail chest, pulmonary injuries such as pneumothorax and hemothorax, and other injuries like cardiac tamponade. Examination procedures and treatments for various chest injuries like rib fractures, tension pneumothorax, open pneumothorax, and hemothorax are outlined. Safety considerations for chest tube insertion are also mentioned.