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Neonatal Chest Tube Placement

In this video, Dr. Elizabeth Doherty and Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Patricia Fleck demonstrate the procedure for inserting a neonatal chest tube.

Released:

June 21, 2016

Audience:

Physicians, Emergency Medical Technicians, Paramedics

Learning Objectives

  • Understand indications and contraindications for placing a chest tube

  • Identify equipment used in placing a chest tube

  • Understand the procedure for placing a chest tube

  • Understand the complications associated with inserting a chest tube

Author(s)

Elizabeth Doherty, MD, FAAP

Neonatologist | Winchester Hospital

Pediatrician at Pediatricians Inc. | Winchester Hospital

Neonatologist | Boston Children's Hospital


Patricia Fleck, PhD, RN, NNP-BC

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner | Beth Isreal Deaconess Plymouth


Traci Wolbrink, MD, MPH

Co-Director, OPENPediatrics; Co-Director, Center for Educational Excellence and Innovation; Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship; Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine | Boston Children’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Anaesthesia | Harvard Medical School


Lisa DelSignore, MD

Associate Professor, Fellowship Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | Yale School of Medicine


Citation

Doherty E, Fleck P, DelSignore L, Wolbrink TA. Neonatal Chest Tube Placement. 6/2016. Online Video. OPENPediatrics. https://learn.openpediatrics.org/learn/course/internal/view/elearning/2729/neonatal-chest-tube-placement.

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