Chest Procedures
The Hospitalist and Emergency Procedures Course Trains Students in:
Thoracentesis
- Indications for thoracentesis
- Contraindications for thoracentesis
- Complications of thoracentesis
- Equipment for thoracentesis
- Proper positioning and technique for thoracentesis
- Ultrasound-guidance for thoracentesis
- Pleural fluid analysis
- Coding for thoracentesis
Chest Tube Placement (Tube Thoracostomy)
- Indications for chest tube placement
- Contraindications for chest tube placement
- Complications of chest tube placement
- Equipment for chest tube placement
- Proper positioning and technique for chest tube placement
- Ultrasound evaluation for pneumothorax
- Wayne pneumothorax evacuation catheter placement
- Management of the persistent air leak
- Management of parapneumonic effusions
- Discontinuation of chest tubes
- Coding for chest tube placement
Chest procedures course covers chest tubes, tube thoracostomy, chest procedures, needle decompression, thoracentesis, ultrasound-guided thoracentesis, and pleural fluid analysis.
Register HERE before May 30th for our Chicago Course on July 14-15, 2012 and SAVE $150 and get your choice of a complimentary hospital procedures reference gift:
