This video series is part of a quality improvement educational initiative to train personnel looking after babies. The series covers Neonatal chest drain insertion. This video addresses the Nursing management of the neonate with a chest drain.
The MPROvE academy has used videos from HIGH IMPACT to produce a toolkit on early recognition and management of pneumothorax. High Impact is a full-service litigation support firm that blends scientific accuracy with Hollywood-level graphics to deliver custom legal exhibits that educate and engage audiences. Their in-house team of artists, animators, physicians, and engineers build custom illustrations, animations, and 3D interactive presentations to help convey complex subject-matter. We would like to thank and acknowledge their contribution.
We would also like to acknowledge bensound.com/royaltyfreemusic for the music in this video.
Medicine is constantly evolving as are procedural skills training, technology involved and methodology. The intention of this training video is to provide an example of how this procedure might be performed. Viewers of this video are advised to review the most up-to-date recommendations on diagnosis and management of neonatal pneumothorax, neonatal thoracentesis and chest drain insertion. Please also note there are differences between neonatal, paediatric, and adult practice. This video does not intend to address or bridge the nuances and differences between practice in the specialties mentioned. There must be mutual respect of different methods of practice that satisfy norms but may be different and within acceptable norms of practice. It is also recommended that viewers are up-to-date with the most current evidence for indications and complications of chest drain insertion in neonates alongside thoracentesis. Watching this video does not confer skills or competencies in the procedure. This video is copyright and intended by the use of a trained facilitator as part of the MPROvE programme for the purposes of education and simulated practice. Use by any other individual and institute is at there clinical discretion and responsibility. This video has been produced and edited by Dr Alok Sharma. Parental consent has been obtained for all the images and videos used in making this MPROvE video