Spontaneous Pneumothorax 1

Spontaneous Pneumothorax
Lacey Shelton
Professional Role Development
Middle TN State University

Spontaneous Pneumothorax 2

Kevin is a healthy nonsmoking 18 year old male who was 6'2" and weighed about 145 pounds. On May 16th, 2001 he was sitting in his high school chemistry class when he started getting hot and sweaty. He got up and went to the water fountain when he started noticing right arm pain. When he returned to the class room the teacher told him he looked green. The pain he was having in his right arm was spreading to his whole right upper side of his body. He said it felt like a bad muscle cramp. His teacher made him go to the school office where they called EMS and brought him to the hospital. On the ride to the hospital an IV was started along with 2L of O2 per NC. Kevin also said he was starting to get short of breath. Once in the ER Kevin had a chest x-ray that showed a 25% pneumothorax of his right upper and middle......

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Title: Spontaneous Pneumothorax
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