Practicals · Emergency Medicine · Pulmonary
Thoracentesis (pleural tap)
- Type
- Procedure
- Curriculum level
- 10 (NMC, needle); 2 (DNB)
- Also called
- pleural tap, thoracocentesis
Videos and resources
- VideoThoracentesis2:51
- VideoThoracentesis Medical Animation1:10
- +66 more links
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Where the curriculum asks for it
“Needle thoracentesis (10)” ( NMC curriculum, page 13)
“Thoracentesis- 2” ( NBEMS DNB curriculum, page 10)