Accident and emergency - chest drain procedure


A photograph of a doctor carrying out the procedure of inserting a chest drain. Here he is creating a tract for the insertion of the drain using blunt dissection. A chest drain is commonly used to treat a pneumothorax or haemothorax sustained following trauma to the chest.


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Photo credit: © Mediscan / Alamy / Afripics
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