10th September 2020

A 42-year-old patient with no past medical history presents to the emergency department with sudden onset pleuritic chest pain and shortness of breath

A 42-year-old patient with no past medical history presents to the emergency department with sudden onset pleuritic chest pain and shortness of breath. A chest x-ray reveals a 1 cm pneumothorax. He is saturating normally on room air, and is not in significant distress. He is not keen to stay in hospital.

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