What would happen if you need an emergency chest tube but they don’t have time to administer anesthesia?
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It will hurt! ICU nurse here so we see them on a daily basis. Couple layers of muscle to go through, depending on where you need the tube, pleural space aka lung or pericardial space aka heart then they go through the membrane that surrounds the intended organ. These organs normally have small amounts of fluid around them to lubricate the organ while it beats or expands with breathing so they can also not be directly affected by atmospheric pressure.
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