An Inexpensive Esophageal Balloon Tamponade Trainer

Timothy P. Young; Heather M. Kuntz; Bradley Alice; Jon Roper; Mike Kiemeney

doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2017.08.018

An Inexpensive Esophageal Balloon Tamponade Trainer

Timothy P. Young
, Heather M. Kuntz
, Bradley Alice
, Jon Roper
, Mike Kiemeney

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	726-729
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume	53
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2017.08.018
State	Published - Nov 2017

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Emergency Medicine

Keywords

esophageal balloon tamponade
esophageal varices
medical education
simulation
Education/economics
Esophageal and Gastric Varices/therapy
Balloon Occlusion/methods
Emergency Medicine/economics
Esophagus/blood supply
Humans
Equipment Design/standards

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