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Locking Plastic Tie—A Simple Technique for Securing a Chest Tube

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Eitan Melamed ,
Amir Blumenfeld  and
Guy Lin
Eitan Melamed*
Affiliation:
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Trauma Branch, Surgeon General Headquarters, IDF Medical Corps, Israel
Amir Blumenfeld
Affiliation:
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Trauma Branch, Surgeon General Headquarters, IDF Medical Corps, Israel
Guy Lin
Affiliation:
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Trauma Branch, Surgeon General Headquarters, IDF Medical Corps, Israel
*
Dr. Eitan Melamed IDF Trauma BranchPO Box 02149Israel E-mail: eitanme2000@yahoo.com
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Abstract

A quick and simple technique for securing a chest tube in the prehospital setting is described. The technique makes use of a plastic tie with a self-locking mechanism that is wrapped around the tube and sutured to the skin. The use of a plastic tie is recommended as a valuable component to chest tube kits for use in the prehospital setting.

Keywords

combat casualtieschest tubefixationlocking plastic tiemilitary traumapneumothoraxprehospital care
Type
Brief Report
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , August 2007 , pp. 344 - 345
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2007

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