I’m dedicating the coming fortnight (that’s two weeks to you non-Brits) to the lowly chest tube. It’s taken for granted, but there is a lot a variability on how we insert, manage, and pull out these devices. Here’s what’s coming, starting tomorrow:

• Videos on how to insert a chest tube and pigtail catheter
• A video on how to pull a chest tube properly
• Chest tube tips and tricks
• A practice guideline for chest tube management
• Troubleshooting chest tubes
• Collection systems gone bad
• Lateral chest x-ray for pneumothorax: waste of time?
• When to remove a chest tube
• Autotransfusing blood from the collection system

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