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Originally Posted by RichL025
If you are truly a "couple of hours" out from definitive medical care, then you had better be able to put in a chest tube.
I have lost count of the number of angiocaths EMS has used to "needle" the chest, and then a subsequent CT scan proves they were never within a centimeter of the pleural cavity.... And every time I am solemly assured they got a rush of air...
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Are they using 14ga x 3.25" long caths or the standard 14ga x 1.88" long? I have never had an issue with our barrel chested guys with the 3.25" ones.
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