The patient is brought to the emergency department following a gunshot wound to the right chest. The patient is noted to have tracheal deviation to the left side with absent breath sounds on the right. Review of the chest radiograph indicates a large amount of free air in the superior chest as well as fluid in the inferior chest. Which procedure is performed first?
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