Chest Drains Online Skills Pack

Table of Contents

1. Chest Drain Programme
2. Essential Pre-requisite Knowledge
3. Large bore chest drain insertion
4. Small-bore chest drain insertion
   1. Technique 2 - Small-bore Seldinger chest drain insertion
   2. Modifications 1: The use of USS in chest drain insertion
   3. Modifications 2: The Use of Flutter valves
5. Pre-hospital chest drain insertion
6. Chest drain management
7. Chest drain Removal
8. Risk Factors of Chest Drain Management
9. Theoretical Assessment - Chest Drains
10. Housekeeping
11. Appendices

Small-bore chest drain insertion

Before completing this section please ensure you have completed the Pre-requisite Knowledge section on anatomy and physiology, indications, risk assessment and generic aspects of chest drain insertion. Further information on chest drain management and chest drain removal can be found in later sections. After completing this section please ensure you complete the Assessment of Skills form and the Record of Completion forms - links to these can be found at the end of the section.