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This new simulator has been designed to meet specific requirements of healthcare professionals training in surgical or guidewire assisted thoracostomy, and thoracentesis. This product, complete with interchangeable modules, allows for a variety of chest drain insertion techniques to be performed including ultrasound-guides techniques.

Skills:

- Needle decompression of tension pneumothorax.
- Ultrasound-guided chest drain insertion (Seldinger-type), including insertion of needle under direct vision, and ultrasonic recognition of chest structures.
- Open, or cut-down chest drain insertion: recognition of correct position, surgical incision, blunt dissection through chest wall, perforation of pleura, and finger sweep.
- Suture of tube to chest wall.

Features:

- Representation of adult male thorax with arms raised.
- Suitable for supine, sitting, or leaning forwards positions.
- Bony and soft tissue landmarks: manubriosternal joint, clavicles, ribs, pectoralis major and latissimus dorsi.
- Bilateral chest drain and needle decompression pads.
- Internal ultrasound anatomy: diaphragmatic structures and collapsed lung.
- Reservoirs can be filled with fluid or mock blood to represent pleural effusion.
- Needle decompression air reservoirs provide realistic release of air on insertion of needle.
- Affordable replaceable.

Advanced Chest Drain Pads:

- Ultrasoundable.
- For use with liquids – e.g. effusion, or haemothorax.
- Needle, guide-wire, dilator, and dran-tube can all be realistically inserted.
- Guidewire insertions will self-seal allowing multiple uses.
- For open/surgical incisions will not self-seal.
- Can be sutured.
- Pleural layer, providing realistic give, or “pop”, on puncture with forceps or finger.
- Improved respiratory swing.
- Recommend usage of 12 FG catheter.
- Cannot be used with adhesive dressings.

Standart Chest Drain Pads:

- For open/surgical techniques.
- Can also be used for guide wire techniques where no fluid is required.
- Not ultrasoundable.
- Not suitable for use with liquids.
- Tough skin for incision and suturing.
- Foam chest wall for blunt dissection.
- Pleural layer, providing realistic give, or “pop”, on puncture.
- Can be used with adhesive dressings.

Needle Decompression Pads:

- Needle insertion produces realistic “hiss” of air escape, or bubbles if saline-filled syringe is used.
- Use of fresh pad advised where inflation may be some time before use.
- Pad life prolonged by use of thinner gauge needles e.g. 21 g.