Training, experience, and perceptions of chest tube insertion by higher speciality trainees: implications for training, patient safety, and service delivery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Seldinger Chest Tube Insertion (CTI) is a high acuity low occurrence procedure and remains a core capability for UK physician higher speciality trainee's (HST). A multitude of factors have emerged which may affect the opportunity of generalists to perform CTI. In view of which, this paper sought to establish the current experiences, attitudes, training, and knowledge of medical HST performing Seldinger CTI in acute care hospitals in the Peninsula deanery.

Methods

A Scoping review was performed to establish the UK medical HST experience of adult seldinger CTI. Synonymous terms for CTI training were searched across Cochrane, ERIC, Pubmed and British education index databases. Following which, a regional survey was constructed and completed by HST and pleural consult

SUBMITTER: Probyn B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10765639 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature