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We would like to thank Antonios Likourezos, MA, MPH, and Abraham Lederman for assisting with the photographs.

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Lucas McArthur

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Christian Fromm

  3. University of Central Florida, College of Medicine, Orlando, FL, USA

    José A. Rubero

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  1. College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

    Latha Ganti

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McArthur, L., Fromm, C., Rubero, J.A. (2022). Needle Thoracostomy. In: Ganti, L. (eds) Atlas of Emergency Medicine Procedures. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85047-0_22

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