An Inexpensive Esophageal Balloon Tamponade Trainer

Emergency medicine practitioners must be able to perform rare, life-saving procedures. One such example is esophageal balloon tamponade, which is complex, fraught with complications, and difficult to demonstrate and practice. We constructed a simple, inexpensive model esophagus and stomach that we a...

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Published in:The Journal of emergency medicine 2017-11, Vol.53 (5), p.726-729
Main Authors: Young, Timothy P., Kuntz, Heather M., Alice, Bradley, Roper, Jon, Kiemeney, Mike
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Balloon Occlusion - methods
Balloon Occlusion - standards
Education - economics
Emergency Medicine - economics
Emergency Medicine - education
Equipment Design - standards
Esophageal and Gastric Varices - therapy
esophageal balloon tamponade
esophageal varices
Esophagus - blood supply
Esophagus - physiopathology
Humans
medical education
simulation
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Summary:Emergency medicine practitioners must be able to perform rare, life-saving procedures. One such example is esophageal balloon tamponade, which is complex, fraught with complications, and difficult to demonstrate and practice. We constructed a simple, inexpensive model esophagus and stomach that we attached to a mannequin, allowing emergency medicine residents to visualize and practice esophageal balloon tamponade device placement. Our esophageal balloon tamponade model was easy to construct and allowed demonstration, conceptual visualization, and simulated performance of the procedure.
ISSN:0736-4679
2352-5029
DOI:10.1016/j.jemermed.2017.08.018