Clinical Skills

DMC Neurosurgeon performs delicate brain surgery to remove a tumor pressing on a pateint's optic nerve. ~ Detroit Medical Center

DMC Children's Hospital of Michigan -- where everything we do is just for them. ~ Detroit Medical Center

Medicine is advancing faster than ever and breakthroughs are happening right now at the Detroit Medical Center. ~ Detroit Medical Center

This animation demonstrates endotracheal intubation, the procedure in which a breathing tube is passed into the trachea to secure a patient's airway. Animated demonstrations of this kind are used to teach the sequence of steps before hands-on clinical practice. Airway management is a core skill in anaesthesia and emergency medicine.

foot cast used in Toe Fractures

Thoracentesis is used diagnostically to establish the cause of a pleural effusion. It can also be performed to drain large effusions that lead to respiratory compromise

Interlocking Continuous Suture

Figure of Eight 8 Suture

Smead Jones Sutures - Far Far- Near Near

Lembert Suture for the intestine

Purse String Suture

Vetical Mattress Suture

Horizontal Mattress Suture

A very good video illustrating the Interrupted Sub-Dermal Sutures

Sengstaken Blakemore tube Insertion Video

Ultrasound Guided Intravenous Peripheral Line Placement

This is a video showing how to secure a venipuncture

DMC Specialists use minimally invasive surgery to remove an extremely large uterine fibroid from a patient. ~ Detroit Medical Center

DMC Surgeon uses minimally-invasive surgery to remove uterine fibroids to hasten recovery. ~ Detroit Medical Center

A new procedure, laparoscopic hysterectomy, means there's no reason for a woman to undergo an invasive abdominal hysterectomy unless she has a severe medical problem. ~ Detroit Medical Center