An urgent intervention for tension pneumothorax to decompress the thoracic cavity through the placement of a large bore cannula in the second intercostal space, in the midclavicular line on the affected side.
A) Thoracostomy
B) Thoracotomy
C) Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy
D) Lobectomy
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