"Hannibal, you can either shut up, or die." Guppy says. "Either by the collapse of your lung or you distracting me while I put in this chest drain. Keep still, this will hurt."
Local anaesthetic. Knife. He's gentle by habit, but it's not a nice procedure. Hands steady. Steady. Bruce is there, he can't hurt him. First tube in. Oxygen saturations improving.
"Bruce, I'm going to put a three-sided dressing over the hole on this side to stop the pneumothorax getting any bigger. Then you can relax that pressure and squeeze the bag of fluids.
no subject
Local anaesthetic. Knife. He's gentle by habit, but it's not a nice procedure. Hands steady. Steady. Bruce is there, he can't hurt him. First tube in. Oxygen saturations improving.
"Bruce, I'm going to put a three-sided dressing over the hole on this side to stop the pneumothorax getting any bigger. Then you can relax that pressure and squeeze the bag of fluids.