Question

In the last part of this activity, you clicked the reset button to draw the air out of the intrapleural space and return the lung to its normal resting condition. what emergency procedure would be used to achieve this result if these were the lungs in aliving person?

Answer 1

This is a case of pneumothorax. Pneumothorax is the presence of air in the pleural space, having its pressure compress the lungs preventing them from expanding. In the real medical setting, to draw the air from the pleural space, a closed tube insertion should be done attached to a water sealed container. This will remove the air from the pleural space while preventing air from going back in.