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J Emerg Med
; 53(5): 726-729, 2017 Nov.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29128036
RESUMO
BACKGROUND: 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. DISCUSSION: 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. CONCLUSION: Our esophageal balloon tamponade model was easy to construct and allowed demonstration, conceptual visualization, and simulated performance of the procedure.