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
6. Chest drain management
7. Chest drain Removal
8. Risk Factors of Chest Drain Management
9. Theoretical Assessment - Chest Drains
10. Housekeeping
11. Appendices
    1. Appendix A
    2. Appendix B
    3. Appendix C
    4. Appendix D
    5. Appendix E
    6. Appendix F
    7. Appendix G
    8. Appendix H

Appendix G

Small Bore Chest Drain Equipment List

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Figure 19. Equipment required for small bore Seldinger chest drain insertion

Seldinger chest drain pack containing drain, needle and syringe, guide wire, dilators, scalpel

Sterile dressings pack

Antiseptic skin preparation such as chlorhexidine

Underwater seal drainage system (chest drain bottle, tubing and sterile water)

Green and orange needles for local anaesthetic administration

10ml syringe

10ml 1% lignocaine

Sterile and non-sterile gloves

Apron

Mask

Gown

Swabs

Dressing such as Mepore(