Safe needling on the thorax

The Chinese Medicine Council of NSW has produced an educational video about the pneumothorax to educate the profession and protect the health and safety of the public. It was developed because the Council has received an increase in complaints about practitioners involving pneumothorax incidents. The video is also a valuable resource for Chinese Medicine students.

The Council acknowledges the assistance provided by the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia in the production of this video.

Supplementary reading

Two research papers on pneumothorax are available:

• Acupuncture-Associated Pneumothoraxdownload
• Safe Needling Depth in Acupuncturedownload