CHEST Select - Critical Care Self-Study Resources-SMALL BORE CHEST TUBES

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Video Summary

This video demonstrates the technique of small-bore percutaneous chest tube placement. The presenters review the placement techniques for two available kits on the market, focusing on the Wayne Pneumothorax kit and a slightly larger galvanic chest tube placement. They discuss the contents of the Wayne Pneumothorax kit, including sterilization materials, local anesthesia, needles, dilators, chest tube, and connectors. The presenters then demonstrate the step-by-step process of chest tube placement using ultrasound guidance, local anesthesia, needle insertion, guide wire placement, incision, tract dilation, chest tube insertion, and securing the chest tube with sutures and dressings.

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Asset Type Video

Curriculum Category Pulmonary Disease in Critical Care

Keywords

small-bore percutaneous chest tube placement

Wayne Pneumothorax kit

galvanic chest tube placement

ultrasound guidance

chest tube insertion