Thoracentesis And Thoracostomy Ultrasound Training Model

Skills

• Blue Phantom Thoracentesis and Thoracostomy Ultrasound Training Model is excellent for training clinicians in the psycho-motor skills associated with ultrasound guided thoracentesis and blind insertion chest tube thoracostomy procedures utilizing non-ultrasoundable chest portals and allows users to develop and practice the skills necessary to gain proficiency in using ultrasound to identify and guide needle and catheter insertions in the patient with pleural effusions
• User selected positioning; can be arranged in a variety of positions allowing users to learn how to perform procedures in the upright, supine, and right lateral decubitus positions
• Small, medium, and large pleural fluid pockets provide a training environment for new ultrasound users as well as assisting more skilled users refine their guided ultrasound techniques
• Skills include performing intercostal incisions, blunt dissection of soft tissue down to the pleura, and placement of the chest tube into the pleural space
• Ultrasound imaging skills include; using ultrasound system controls, transducer positioning and movement, recognition of thoracic anatomy, atelectatic lung, and pleural effusions, using ultrasound to target the appropriate fluid pockets for cannulation, and performing an ultrasound guided thoracentesis procedure
• Excellent for specialties including  emergency medicine, critical care medicine, surgery, surgical training programs, ultrasound training programs, simulation centres, surgical skills centres, medical education facilities, and ultrasound manufacturers for ultrasound education and demonstrations