title: Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Access Simulator for Medical Training: Proposal of a Simple, Economic and Effective Model.
abstract: To present a simple and affordable model able to properly simulate an ultrasound-guided venous access.
  
  
  
  The simulation was made using a latex balloon tube filled with water and dye solution implanted in a thawed chicken breast with bones.
  
  
  
  The presented model allows the simulation of all implant stages of a central catheter. The obtained echogenicity is similar to that observed in human tissue, and the ultrasound identification of the tissues, balloon, needle, wire guide and catheter is feasible and reproducible.
  
  
  
  The proposed model is simple, economical, easy to manufacture and capable of realistically and effectively simulating an ultrasound-guided venous access.
authors.affiliation: Department of Angiology and Vascular Surgery, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rafael Vilhena de Carvalho
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Fürst
authors.affiliation: Department of Angiology and Vascular Surgery, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Afonso César
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Polimanti
authors.affiliation: Department of Angiology and Vascular Surgery, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sidnei José
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Galego
authors.affiliation: Department of Angiology and Vascular Surgery, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Claudia
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Bicudo
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Research in Health Sciences Teaching, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Av Principe de Gales, 821, Santo André, SP, CEP 09060-650, Brazil. erik.montagna@fmabc.br.
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Montagna
authors.affiliation: Department of Angiology and Vascular Surgery, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: João Antônio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Corrêa
mesh_terms: D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D000066908:Simulation Training; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional