Cadaver labs at your program??

[bla_3x]

Do any of you guys/gals here in EM residency do cadaver labs for procedures?
Does anyone know of who to contact to try and get something set up?
It seems like a great tool, especially for procedures that are very rare.
I do hear that it is incredibly expensive and that maybe the ultimate limiting factor.

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[southerndoc]

I think most cadaver labs have been replaced with simulation mannequins.

 

[domer621]

They do a lot of cadaver stuff at University of Maryland (central lines, crics, thoracotomies, etc)... maybe someone from there can chime in. I think they pretty much have an unlimited supply, too.

 

[huskeremdoc]

We do cadaver lab 4 times a year here at Nebraska. We use lightly-embalmed cadavers which provide the next best thing to a real patient. It is amazing! We do intubation (various techniques - oral, videomac, glidescope, retrograde, etc), chest tubes, thoracotomy, CVL, cutdown, fasciotomy...and others. Mannequin simulation is fine for practicing codes, etc but doesn't come close for the rest of the above listed procedures.

 

[shortbread9]

We do sim man and cadaver labs at hopkins. we use univ marylands cadaver lab at least once a year and more times as an intern. there are always extra opportunities...just got an email for another one. too bad im busy....cause i soooo love spending my free time with dead smelly people.

 

[deleted109597]

Not getting enough chest tubes and CVLs on living patients? I would tend to think the mannequin is just as adequate as a dead person with, you know, no blood pressure for CVLs.
Chest tubes would be different, if it were fresh. I think living pigs is better than dead people though, if you're going for realism.