What is Emergency Medicine - What is the preferred device for treating a chest wound that is sucking and why is it vital to do so?
Normal pulmonary mechanics are hampered by an open pneumothorax (sucking chest wound). Air may be sucked into the thorax through the chest wall defect in cases where wounds are greater than two-thirds of the trachea's diameter. An occlusive bandage should be used to treat these wounds in order to stop airflow through the wound site and restore pulmonary mechanics. It has been suggested that using commercial devices with a venting mechanism or taping three sides of an occlusive material can lower the likelihood of developing a tension pneumothorax later on.
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