HomeGrown Solution: Design and Evaluation of a More Realistic Tube Thoracostomy Task Trainer (T-4)
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Identification of the Problem
Unique Idea
Objectives
Supplies/Ingredients
- Spare hollowed out manikin chest
- Spare simulator head
- 8- 4 inch long rods
- 8 - bolts
- 8 - wing nuts
- 1 Ventilator
- 2 racks of pork ribs
- 2 sections of pig skin
- Nebulizer tubing
- BLS lungs cut and sealed to size
Steps to Creating the Solution
- Take the hollowed out spare manikin chest piece and draw out sections to be cut away on each side of the chest.
- Drill out all holes for the pieces of rod. (Note: you must file down end of rod to a point to pierce the skin and ribs during installation).
- Make lungs for the simulator head if it doesn't already have them. To do this, simply take an adult lung from a BLS Anne and heat seal it down the middle. Insert nebulizer tubing into each section and seal with tap. Take the constructed lungs and secure those to the airway of the manikin head.
- Connect manikin head to torso.
- Intubate manikin head using 7.0 ETT tube.
- Connect vent to ETT tube to allow the lungs to inflate and deflate.
- Connect one rack of ribs to each side of the torso.
- Measure out the length of skin needed for each side of the chest and cut pig skin to fit.
- Secure pig skin over the ribs and tighten with wing nuts.
- Place gown over simulator and dress each side of the chest to only expose where the procedure should be done.
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