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Needle Decompression

Dr Ross Hofmeyr wildmedic at gmail.com
Tue Sep 16 15:04:49 BST 2008 

> You put 
> in in for proper indications ( decreased breath sounds, 
> decreased oxygenation) then is doing its job allowing the 
> lung to expand (blood or air they both can compress the 
> lung).

*Screeches to halt*

Holdonamminit - how, pray tell, does a cannula in the chest help the lung
expand?  Do you mean a cannula PLUS non-return valve of some form?

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