Last night I performed my third thoracostomy. My first two were in a more controlled environment than occurred in the minutes after an overhead page implored all available medical personnel to go to the triage area.
A tube thoracostomy is when a large plastic tube (about a third the diameter of a garden hose) is inserted into the chest to drain blood or air. One indication for the procedure is a penetrating trauma to the chest with impaired vital signs.
This occurred at the end of my shift, so all I know about how the patient did I read in the paper.
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