10th September 2020

A 65-year-old patient with a known diagnosis of COPD presents to the emergency department

A 65-year-old patient with a known diagnosis of COPD presents to the emergency department with acute onset shortness of breath and pleuritic chest pain. He has a respiratory rate of 26 and is distressed by the dyspnoea. A chest x-ray reveals a pneumothorax of 2.3cm.

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