A prehospital paediatric tension viscerothorax presenting as a tension pneumothorax: a diagnostic dilemma. Issue 11 (2nd August 2010)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jones, Chris; Tzannes, Alex; Reid, Cliff
• Is Part Of: Emergency medicine journal. Volume 27:Issue 11(2010)
• Page Start: 864
• Page End: 865
• Publication Date: 2010-08-02
• Subjects: Cardiac care -- diagnosis -- nursing -- prehospital -- paediatrics -- paediatric injury -- trauma -- major trauma management; Emergency medicine -- Periodicals; 616.02505
• DOI: 10.1136/emj.2010.097220
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1472-0205

Abstract

Abstract : This article reports a case of a paediatric pre–hospital tension viscerothorax, and it subsequent management. It also dicusses the difficulty in diagnosing this condition in the pre-hospital arena.