Clin Med
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Clin Med
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Chest drain insertion in inexperienced hands carries a significant morbidity and mortality. The royal colleges, recognising this, stipulated that chest drain insertion be included as one of the core competences for all core medical trainees. ⋯ There have been a number of attempts to find the ideal simulator for chest drain insertion with varying success. This article describes a model which is practical and affordable in all clinical skills labs, using porcine ribs mounted on a resin cast of a human thorax, and the data about the validation of the porcine-thorax model for chest drain insertion presented.
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The Iatroversalia (doctor poems) of William Carlos Williams.