Clinical Characteristics of Patients Undergoing Needle Thoracostomy in a Canadian Helicopter Emergency Medical Service

CONCLUSIONS: Only a small portion of patients in the setting of a Canadian HEMS service were treated with NT. Patients most likely to receive NT were males who had suffered blunt trauma. NT may have questionable benefit for patients presenting with blunt trauma, in cardiac arrest, or requiring bilateral NT.PMID:33818257 | DOI:10.1080/10903127.2021.1912226
Source: Prehospital Emergency Care - Category: Endocrinology Authors: Source Type: research