 This is how you read a chest x-ray in under 60 seconds. Let's go. The first thing I do is look at the bones. I can't tell you how many fractures I've seen people miss just on chest x-rays alone. I usually divert my attention to the left shoulder down the clavicle onto the right clavicle and the right shoulder. Next, I look at all the ribs followed by the spine. Then I trace down the cardiometastinal silhouette on the right side all along the right heart border, follow onto the left side and back up as well. I'm looking for any mediastinal lymph adenopathy or masses. Next, I look at the trapeia followed by the right and left main stem bronchi. And it sounds crazy, but the absolute last thing I do is look at the lungs. I look at the lung apices for pneumothoracies and then back and forth in a zigzag pattern looking for any opacities. And then I window really hard to look below the diaphragm because you don't want to miss any free air, especially on an upright film. And that's it. Make sure you like this video and follow me for more videos like this.