Treatment of tension pneumothorax is -: (A) Insertion of a large bore needle in the 2nd ICS in the mid clavicular line, (B) Fluid Resuscitation, (C) Starting Inotropic support, (D) Endotracheal Intubation
Answer is A. Ans. is 'a' i.e., Insertion of a large bore needle in the 2nd ICS in the mid clavicular line o Treatment consists of immediate decompression, initially by rapid insertion of a large-bore needle into the second intercostal space in the midcalvicular line of the affected hemithorax and then followed by insertion of a chest tube through the fifth intercostal space in the anterior axillary line.