Thread: tension pneumo
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Old 12-07-2014, 11:12   #12
RichL025
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Originally Posted by Koldsteel View Post
What do you use for a valve on the end of the chest tube once inserted ?

And why is 2nd ICS MCL a poor insertion point ? Ive decompressed a few at that location without a problem.
1. Heimlich valve or equivalent.

2. Shorter distance from skin to pleural space (although there is one study out there that contradicts that)

Rich
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