Placement of a Word catheter: a resident training model.

Objective: The present study developed and evaluated a practical teaching model and training protocol for Word catheter placement in the treatment of a Bartholin gland cyst.

Study Design: Residents were asked to treat a model of the female perineum, fashioned from harvested porcine tissue, with a simulated Bartholin cyst via Word catheter placement and drainage. Each resident was evaluated for procedural competence.

The effect of vinegar on colorimetric end-tidal carbon dioxide determination after esophageal intubation.

This study examines the effect of vinegar placement in the stomach on colorimetric end-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO(2)) determinations after esophageal intubation. Using a blinded, prospective, before and after post-mortem swine model, colorimetric ETCO(2) was determined after aspiration of the stomach contents and after placement of aliquots of saline and vinegar. Data were compiled from 12 swine within 120 min post-mortem.