Black Hills Life Flight added a new procedure to expand their ability to help patients.

For trauma patients who require emergent chest decompression, prehospital needle decompression (PHND) was associated with a lower risk of mortality compared with tube thoracostomy, a cohort study ...

HOWE, Texas (KTEN) - Howe Fire Rescue and EMS are making strides in emergency care, becoming the first department in Grayson County to be trained and ready to perform life-saving thoracostomies. "This ...

Occult pneumothorax in trauma patients represents a significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. This condition is defined by the presence of air within the pleural space that is not apparent on ...