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
5. Pre-hospital chest drain insertion
   1. Pre-hospital considerations
   2. Clinical Signs of Tension Pneumothorax
   3. Questions to ask yourself before inserting a pre-hospital chest drain?
   4. Procedural Guidelines - 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

Pre-hospital chest drain insertion

This section covers all areas of pre-hospital chest drain insertion including pre-hospital considerations and procedural guidelines. 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.