Mksap pulm emergencies - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

A thin 18 year old female complains of acute onset of sharp right-sided chest pain this morning. She has developed some mild shortness of breath during the morning and thought she should get it checked out. Her chest X-ray is shown in the Figure. The next course of action should be: [image] A. Chest tube placement B. Antibiotics C. Electrocardiogram D. Needle decompression - The answer is A. This patient has a large right-sided spontaneous pneumothorax that is not under tension. She ne...