Emergency · Explanation & counselling

Chest drain consent

Medium

10 min station · 2 min reading · Recommended for Curtin Year 5 students

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2 min reading · 10 min station · reminders at 2 min

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.

  1. 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.

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