Talk:Tension pneumothorax

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[edit] Is this a "Sucking Chest Wound"?

This sounds an awful lot (to a layman) like the injury colloquially referred to as a "sucking chest wound." If this is the case, could someone who is certain of that fact please add it to the article? Thank you. 76.179.184.21 (talk) 09:19, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

This is NOT a sucking chest wound. That is a different entity, sometimes called a 'communicating pneumothorax', but often just called a 'sucking chest wound', even by physicians. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.162.247.126 (talk) 14:47, 4 April 2008 (UTC)