10th September 2020

A 52-year-old patient, with no past medical history and a 40 pack-year history of smoking, presents to the emergency department

A 52-year-old patient, with no past medical history and a 40 pack-year history of smoking, presents to the emergency department after a referral by his GP for acute onset pleuritic chest pain due to a suspected pneumothorax. Chest x-ray reveals a 1.5 cm pneumothorax.

For the patient above, please select the SINGLE most appropriate management of their pneumothorax. Select ONE option from the list above.