The Emergent Tube Thoracostomy

This instructional video demonstrates the performance ofthe emergent tube thoracostomy (Figure 1). The video wasfilmed at the Evanston Northwestern Healthcare SimulationCenter (http://www.centerforsimulation.org/) in Evanston, Illi-nois (video available as a Data Supplement at http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2007.00038.x).The procedure was performed on the TraumaMan system(Simulab Corporation, Seattle, WA; http://www.simulab.com/).We have created a series of videos to instruct our residents ona variety of emergent life-saving procedures using a variety ofhigh-fidelity simulators and host these videos on a Web site forthe Northwestern emergency medicine residents to access andreview.

Matthew Levine, MD

Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL

Ernest E. Wang, MD

(ernestwangmd@yahoo.com)Evanston Northwestern Healthcare

Evanston, IL

David Salzman, MD

Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL

John A. Vozenilek, MD

Chris Pettineo, BA

Evanston Northwestern HealthcareEvanston, IL

Supplementary Material

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Video Clip S1. Performance of the emergent tube thoracos-tomy.

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Figure 1. Emergent tube thoracostomy.

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