Chest Tube and Procedure Protocols

Our residency program doesn't have a written chest tube or trauma procedure protocol, and we're interested in developing one. For those of you who know about EM programs at Level 1 Trauma centers where ED residents and surgery residents need the same ACGME procedures, what protocols do those programs have? For example, University of South Georgia - ED resident gets left-side chest tubes, trauma resident gets right-side chest tubes. Is the protocol written or is it a verbal understanding... Chest Tube and Procedure Protocols
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