I quickly and carefully washed my hands before putting on my PPE'S before heading into the operating room to begin the surgery
Two hours later I was able to walk out of the OR, my surgery had gone well and thankfully the patient is no longer in a critical condition. After cleaning up I went back to check on the pregnant patient from earlier. I found her resting peacefully so I decided to take a look at her file. I saw that she was one of the patients from the ten pile car crash this morning. It seems my assumption was right since she suffered from a tension pneumothorax.
A tension pneumothorax develops when air progressively accumulates under pressure within the pleural cavity. If the pressure becomes too great, the larynx shifts to the opposite hemithorax and this causes compression of
