Prehospital emergency care
A Live Human Model Comparison Evaluating ThoraSite® Accuracy for Needle Thoracostomy.
Jonathan Warren, Nichole Bosson, Juliana Tolles, Kelsey Wilhelm, Elizabeth Avakoff, Miharu Arase, Jake Toy, Michael Kim, Jennifer Nulty, Adrienne Roel, Lorna Mendoza, Marc Cohen, Marianne Gausche-Hill, Denise Whitfield
Published: 202510.1080/10903127.2025.2592880
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Needle thoracostomy (NT) is a time-sensitive procedure infrequently performed by EMS clinicians with variable success rates. Our primary objective was to evaluate the accuracy of NT site selection by paramedics using ThoraSite® compared t…
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