00280 - Cutdown Pad

A multi-layered pad containing filled veins used for practising the cutdown procedure.

Skills

• Palpation to locate vein position
• Incising tissue layers
• Inserting a cannula
• Vein injection both distally and proximally
• Tying off veins

Features

• Layered pad simulating the epidermis and subdermal layers
• Three straight veins (each 150mm long) filled with mock blood

Note

It is recommended that the veins are tied off each time so that the next student may repeat the procedure without losing the contents from the veins.