Spontaneous Pneumothorax; Roadside to Resus

The Resus Room

Simon Laing

Science, Emergencymedicine, Medicine, Health & Fitness, Em, Ae

4.8 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we’re going to cover the ‘atraumatic’ or ‘spontaneous’ pneumothoraces and focus on some new key guidelines from the British Thoracic Society which came out in July this year and also look at the relevant evidence on the topic.

There are pretty significant changes in the BTS guidance, it’s no longer about finding a pneumothorax, working out if it’s primary or secondary and then acting dependant on the size. It's now moved more towards looking at how the patient is clinically, taking into account the symptomatology, any big risk characteristics, whether it’s primary or secondary and then thinking about the patients wishes and priorities and nuancing the management plan towards those.

This episode builds on some of the concepts we discussed in our Traumatic Pneumothorax podcast, so make sure you give that one a listen before clicking play on this one!

We'll be looking at the presentation, evidence, management and follow up, along with some trials that you can get involved in to help develop practice even further.

Once again we'd love to hear any comments or questions either via the website or social media.

Enjoy!

Simon, Rob & James

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Recess Room podcast.
0:03.5	Five, four, three, two, one, fire.
0:12.3	So hi, and welcome back to the Reeser Room podcast.
0:15.6	I'm Simon Lang.
0:16.9	I'm Rob Fenwick, and I'm James Yates.
0:19.2	And we're back with an episode on spontaneous new mythorities
0:22.9	Yeah we've got a lot to cover here
0:24.6	It's absolutely fascinating the updates of the guidance
0:27.1	Cannot wait to get stuck into it with you too
0:29.6	And work our way through some cases maybe
0:31.9	Well that was very enthusiastic Rob
0:33.9	I'm equally just as excited as you
0:35.9	Thank you good
0:37.1	Before we crack on with the episode A a massive thanks to Zol Medical Corporation, who are the sponsors of the podcast, and who, as part of their dedication to delivering the best care for patients, have enabled us to bring this to you in a free, open access format.
0:52.7	And in actual fact, this is the first time we've all been back in a
0:55.7	room since Zol and the Australian College of Paramedson actually whisked you off to Australia.
1:00.4	So you're both here with your massive sun tans. We are and we're just about recovered from the jet lag.
1:05.8	Should we call it that, Rob? Yeah, let's call it jet lag. Let's go with that. Let's go with that.
1:08.9	Definitely wasn't a red wine or two on the plane. They're a very welcoming group of professionals Yeah, let's call it jet lag. Let's go with that. Let's go with that. Definitely. Definitely.
1:13.5	They're a very welcoming group of professionals over there. Indeed.
1:17.3	Yeah, absolutely. And I'm sure they won't be wise enough to invite you both again.
1:19.1	But don't worry, I'm here if you need me.
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