A Great Training Minute: Tension Pneumothorax and Needle Thoracostomy

A GREAT TRAINING MINUTE – From A.J. Heightman, JEMS Editor-in-Chief & Fran Hildwine / JEMS Contributor

This dramatic video of a tension pneumothorax being relieved by a needle thoracostomy was taken by Dr. Oleksandr Linchevskyy, medical director, Patriot Defense, Ukraine.

Watch as the air in the chest is evacuated and the affected/compromised lung begins to returns to normal function and expands inside the chest.

GREAT TO SHARE with STUDENTS and CO-WORKERS!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co9_RLN78IY

 

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