A patient arrives to the Emergency Department (ED) after sustaining a gunshot wound to the chest. An intercostal catheter (ICC) is inserted for haemopneumothorax and connected to the Underwater Seal...

A patient arrives to the Emergency Department (ED) after sustaining a gunshot wound to the chest. An intercostal catheter (ICC) is inserted for haemopneumothorax and connected to the Underwater Seal Drainage (UWSD) system.


1. Explain the term haemopneumothorax


2. List two (2) risks associated with intercostal catheters


3. Provide two (2) nursing strategies with rationales that you would include to help the patient to re-expand the lung