X-Nico

unusual facts about chest tube



Elizabeth Corday

During her first trauma surgery, she completely baffles the rest of the staff by using lots of British terms not used in America - for example, she asks them to "bleep Benton" (page Dr. Peter Benton), order an "FBC" (US term "CBC"), and perform a "tube thoracostomy" (US term "chest tube").


see also

Flutter

Flutter valve, a one-way valve used in respiratory medicine to prevent air from travelling back along a chest tube

Paramedics in Australia

IC or MICA paramedics are able to practice intensive care procedures such as endotracheal intubation, surgical airways, rapid sequence intubation (RSI), nasotracheal intubation, chest tube insertion, and drug infusions (e.g. Adrenaline, Salbutamol, sedation, thrombolytics etc.).