%0 Journal Article
%T Pre-hospital intercostal chest drains in South Africa: A modified Delphi study
%A Lee Wallis
%J Archive of "African Journal of Emergency Medicine".
%D 2019
%R 10.1016/j.afjem.2019.01.003
%X Trauma is one of the most common causes of death in low- and middle-income countries, with thoracic injury accounting for 20¨C25% of these deaths worldwide. The current management of a life-threatening pre-hospital pneumothorax is with a needle chest decompression, however, definitive care for a pneumothorax and/or haemothorax is still the insertion of an intercostal chest drain. The aim of this study was to seek expert opinion and consensus on the placement of ICDs in the pre-hospital emergency care setting in South Africa
%K Pre-hospital
%K Intercostal chest drain
%K Pneumothorax
%K Haemothorax
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6543074/