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Originally Posted by Koldsteel
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.
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1. Heimlich valve or equivalent.
2. Shorter distance from skin to pleural space (although there is one study out there that contradicts that)
Rich