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Video Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOzof1fCudg
Dr. Ebraheim’s educational animated video describes the condition of Tension Pneumothorax. • Follow me on twitter: • https://twitter.com/#!/DrEbraheim_UTMC • Tension Pneumothorax • Tension pneumothorax is a life threatening condition in which air leaks outside of the lung, and the air is trapped between the pleura and the lung. This is a medical emergency. Air leaks outside of the lung into the pleural cavity. The air is trapped between the pleura and the lung. The air in the pleural space cannot exit. This condition prevents expansion of that lung and its oxygenation. This condition leads to hypoxia and cardiopulmonary collapse. The patient will have acute unilateral chest pain, dyspnea, respiratory distress, tachypnea, and tachycardia. The patient will also have unilateral decreased or absent breath sounds. As air pushes against the lung, it deviates the trachea to the other side. To treat, do needle decompression. Insert the needle at the 2nd intercostal space, mid clavicular line followed by insertion of a chest tube.
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