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PTX Decompression #emergencymedicine #criticalcare (youtube.com)
Stop doing needle decompression @ 2nd ICS MCL -Critical structures in region: aortic arch, L atrium, great vessels -Poor location based on data(PMID: 16244336 + 26724173) Go 4th/5th ICS anterior axillary line. Even better, ditch needle + do a finger thoracostomy youtube.com/shorts/4MK6t...