Abstract
Evaluating a patient for a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) using ultrasound is a common procedure in the emergency department. Teaching a clinician to identify a DVT on ultrasound is often done on a phantom, which is a synthetic model intended to simulate a clinical condition. Traditional commercial ultrasound phantoms modeling a DVT exist, but can be prohibitively expensive. We have created a DVT phantom by embedding a water-filled balloon containing a smaller balloon filled with water and an acrylic polymer in a gelatin-psyllium hydrophilic mucilloid fiber mixture. This phantom is durable, easily created, and affordable. It provides clinicians the ability to learn to identify a DVT on a phantom prior to performing the procedure on a patient.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 64-66 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Journal for Vascular Ultrasound |
Volume | 45 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2021 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- deep vein thrombosis
- education
- phantom
- simulation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine