The simulator is almost ready to use. All that remains is to charge the veins with blood. To do this, remove
the skin from the right shoulder areas — enough to reveal the “knotted ends” of the subclavian and inter-
nal jugular. Insert the 22-gauge needle into the tubing of the subclavian, very close to the knot.
(See
figure 12.)
Open the slide clamps on the fluid bag. When the air is released completely, simulated blood will flow
from the top of the needle.
(See figure 13.)
Remove the needle at this point and repeat the procedure
at the knotted end of the internal jugular. Replace the skin.
(See figure 13 inset.)
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Figure 13
Figure 13 insert
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