// PARAMEDIC Question · Trauma
A patient with a tension pneumothorax should be decompressed at the:
A. Second intercostal space, midclavicular line
B. Fourth or fifth intercostal space, anterior axillary line
C. Either location per protocolCorrect
D. Subxiphoid region
// Rationale
Needle decompression can be performed at the 2nd intercostal space midclavicular or 4th/5th anterior axillary line; follow local protocol.