Instructions
You are an intern in the emergency department. Jasper Lennox, 24, presented with sudden left chest pain and breathlessness. His chest X-ray showed a large left pneumothorax. Needle aspiration failed to re-expand the lung. The registrar plans a small-bore chest drain.
Obtain informed consent for a chest drain
- You do not need to take a history or examine the patient
Repeat chest X-ray after aspiration
Persistent large left pneumothorax; no mediastinal shift.