You and your EMT partner are dispatched for a male who was s…

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Yоu аnd yоur EMT pаrtner аre dispatched fоr a male who was shot multiple times. You have a 3 minute response time. Law enforcement advises the scene is secure. You arrive to find a patient lying in a puddle of blood. The patient is spraying blood from a wound just proximal to the right knee, has blood rapidly oozing from the right shoulder, and blood bubbling out of a wound to the chest. The patient had rapid shallow breathing.   Your partner begins assisting ventilations with a BVM, and you place the tourniquet, pack the shoulder, and place a chest seal on the patient's chest wound. You and your partner lift the patient onto the stretcher as your supervisor arrives on scene to drive you to the hospital. During transport your partner continues to assist ventilations, you obtain vitals and observe the following; You have identified that the patient is experiencing a tension pneumothorax. What two treatments could you provide to relieve the tension pneumothorax?