
Chest Drain & Needle Decompression Trainer
For GSA Pricing Please Call 877-787-911 or email us at mailto:gsa@coastems.com. This Item can only be purchased by GSA or ECAT eligible customers. Please call us if you have any questions about eligibility. As used on ATLS courses. Our Chest Drain and Needle Decompression Trainer has been designed to meet the specific requirments of healthcare professionals training in surgical or guidewire-assisted thoracostomy and thoracentesis. This product allows for a variety of chest drain insertion techniques to be performed including ultrasound-guided techniques. Skills Gained: Needle decompression of a tension pneumothorax (at both the 2nd and 5th intercostal space) 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 Ultrasound-guided chest drain insertion (Seldinger-type), including insertion of needle under direct vision and ultrasonic recogniti