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The only needle I would stake my/your life on if I had a known delay to have access to a chest tube is made by Cook catheter company. I think I posted a link and picture some time ago.... they are wire wrapped/supported needles in 10 or 12 G than can not kink,collapse and are large enough to have a lower incidence of occlusion from blood/fibrin/clot, etc.
The north american rescue needle is just as the very smart Surgicalcric has stated: it's a basic 3 1/2 inch needle in a fancy package with marketing behind it...no new mousetrap there at all.
Look up the Cook pneumothorax decompression or cric kit...their needle is expensive but the one I carry for a wounded officer...bad guy gets the north american rescue (or similiar) one .......
ss
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'Revel in action, translate perceptions into instant judgements, and these into actions that are irrevocable, monumentous and dreadful - all this with lightning speed, in conditions of great stress and in an environment of high tension:what is expected of "us" is the impossible, yet we deliver just that.
(adapted from: Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, surgeon and author: The Wisdom of the Body, 1997 )
Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008.
The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
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