A 28-year-old man presents to the trauma bay with a stab wound to the left anterior chest wall at the 4th intercostal space. He is hemodynamically stable with oxygen saturation 94% on room air. Chest X-ray shows a small left pneumothorax (< 2 cm at the hilum) with no mediastinal shift. Regarding the management of this spontaneous pneumothorax in a trauma patient, all of the following statements are correct EXCEPT:

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