Practicals · Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Miscellaneous procedures
Intercostal drainage tube insertion
- Type
- Procedure
- Curriculum level
- Advanced (NMC); B1 (DNB)
- Also called
- chest tube insertion
Videos and resources
- VideoChest Tube Placement by C. Weldon | OPENPediatrics11:46
- VideoChest Tube Placement4:32
- +66 more links
Links point to material published by others; SolvedPGSS does not host it. Check any technique against your department's protocol before you use it on a patient.
Operative note template
How to write the operative note in the case sheet: blank template, worked example and printable PDF (free).
Where the curriculum asks for it
“Insertion of intercostals drainage tube” ( NMC curriculum, page 16)
“Insertion of intercostals drainage tube” ( NBEMS DNB curriculum, page 22)