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- Timothy P Young, Heather M Kuntz, Bradley Alice, Jon Roper, and Mike Kiemeney.
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California.
- J Emerg Med. 2017 Nov 1; 53 (5): 726-729.
BackgroundEmergency 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.DiscussionWe 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.ConclusionOur esophageal balloon tamponade model was easy to construct and allowed demonstration, conceptual visualization, and simulated performance of the procedure.Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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