5% of all properly inserted needle catheters will experience kinking, occlusion, or complete dislodgement. This can prove fatal for a patient, who otherwise would have successfully received life saving treatment.
Emergency care providers have a problem.
"Traumatic PTX is a leading cause of preventable mortality in multi-trauma patients"
Lanny F. Littlejohn, MD
"A tension PTX can also result if the catheter becomes dislodged, kinked blocked..."
Inaba K. - Division of Trauma Surgery & Critical Care, University of California
"NT dislodgement may...be difficult to detect as the catheter may initially slide 'in and out' of the pleural space."
D. Eiferman - The American Surgeon
Tensionsquare is the solution.
Eliminates kinking and occlusion risks through effective, proven technology.
Safer. Faster. Easier.
