An easily made, low-cost phantom for ultrasound airway exam training and assessment

Background: Recent manuscripts have described the use of ultrasound imaging to evaluate airway structures. Ultrasound training tools are necessary for practitioners to become proficient at obtaining and interpreting images. Few training tools exist and those that do can often times be expensive and...

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Main Authors: Kristopher M Schroeder, Jagan Ramamoorthy, Richard E Galgon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
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Online Access:http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2013;volume=57;issue=1;spage=31;epage=34;aulast=Schroeder
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spelling doaj-22957f29299241a88a2a4702bed7b7e42020-11-24T22:28:13ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Anaesthesia0019-50492013-01-01571313410.4103/0019-5049.108558An easily made, low-cost phantom for ultrasound airway exam training and assessmentKristopher M SchroederJagan RamamoorthyRichard E GalgonBackground: Recent manuscripts have described the use of ultrasound imaging to evaluate airway structures. Ultrasound training tools are necessary for practitioners to become proficient at obtaining and interpreting images. Few training tools exist and those that do can often times be expensive and rendered useless with repeated needle passes. Methods: We utilised inexpensive and easy to obtain materials to create a gel phantom model for ultrasound-guided airway examination training. Results: Following creation of the gel phantom model, images were successfully obtained of the thyroid and cricoid cartilages, cricothyroid membrane and tracheal rings in both the sagittal transverse planes. Conclusion: The gel phantom model mimics human airway anatomy and may be used for ultrasound-guided airway assessment and intervention training. This may have important safety implications as ultrasound imaging is increasingly used for airway assessment.http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2013;volume=57;issue=1;spage=31;epage=34;aulast=SchroederAirway imagingairway managementultrasonography
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author Kristopher M Schroeder
Jagan Ramamoorthy
Richard E Galgon
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Jagan Ramamoorthy
Richard E Galgon
An easily made, low-cost phantom for ultrasound airway exam training and assessment
Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
Airway imaging
airway management
ultrasonography
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Jagan Ramamoorthy
Richard E Galgon
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title An easily made, low-cost phantom for ultrasound airway exam training and assessment
title_short An easily made, low-cost phantom for ultrasound airway exam training and assessment
title_full An easily made, low-cost phantom for ultrasound airway exam training and assessment
title_fullStr An easily made, low-cost phantom for ultrasound airway exam training and assessment
title_full_unstemmed An easily made, low-cost phantom for ultrasound airway exam training and assessment
title_sort easily made, low-cost phantom for ultrasound airway exam training and assessment
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
issn 0019-5049
publishDate 2013-01-01
description Background: Recent manuscripts have described the use of ultrasound imaging to evaluate airway structures. Ultrasound training tools are necessary for practitioners to become proficient at obtaining and interpreting images. Few training tools exist and those that do can often times be expensive and rendered useless with repeated needle passes. Methods: We utilised inexpensive and easy to obtain materials to create a gel phantom model for ultrasound-guided airway examination training. Results: Following creation of the gel phantom model, images were successfully obtained of the thyroid and cricoid cartilages, cricothyroid membrane and tracheal rings in both the sagittal transverse planes. Conclusion: The gel phantom model mimics human airway anatomy and may be used for ultrasound-guided airway assessment and intervention training. This may have important safety implications as ultrasound imaging is increasingly used for airway assessment.
topic Airway imaging
airway management
ultrasonography
url http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2013;volume=57;issue=1;spage=31;epage=34;aulast=Schroeder
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