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Ultrasound-guided central venous access: a homemade phantom for simulation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

John L. Kendall  and
Jeffrey P. Faragher
John L. Kendall*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Centre, Denver, Colo.
Jeffrey P. Faragher
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Centre, Denver, Colo.
*
Department of Emergency Medicine, MC 0108, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver CO 80204; john.kendall@dhha.org

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Various medical specialty organizations and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) have advocated using ultrasonography to guide central venous cannulation. It is surprising then, that very few instructional models have been described to teach this technique. Consequently, we developed a model to teach ultrasound-guided central venous access. This paper presents a recipe for an ultrasonographic model or “phantom” that is easily made, inexpensive and simulates vessel cannulation extremely well.

Keywords

Ultrasoundphantomvascular accessultrasound-guided
Type
Knowledge Applied to Practice Application des connaissances à la pratique
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 9 , Issue 5 , September 2007 , pp. 371 - 373
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2007

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