Images These are the images used in this course. Click on any of the thumbnails to enlarge the image. Figure 3-7. Pursestring suture and sandal tie. Figure 3-6. Heimlich valve. Figure 3-5. Landmarks for chest tube insertion Figure 3-4. Sites for needle decompression Figure 3-3. Tying the vein. Figure 3-2. Blunt dissection. Figure 3-1. Venous cut-down sites. Table 2-1. Suture removal days for different body parts. Figure 2-14. Cutting a suture. Figure 2-4. Suture loop configuration. – b Figure 2-5. Grasping the suture needle with the suture holder. Figure 2-6. Entering the skin. Figure 2-7. Entering and exiting the skin at the same level. Figure 2-8. Tying the suture knot. Figure 2-9. The running suture. Figure 2-10. The locked running suture. Figure 2-11. The vertical mattress suture Figure 2-12. The horizontal running suture. Figure 2-13. The subcuticular suture. Figure 2-4. Suture loop configuration – a Figure 2-3. Basic pattern of the body’s skin tension lines. Figure 2-2B. Trimming the wound edge. Number 15 scalpel used to excise wound edge. Figure 2-2A. Trimming the wound edge. Iris scissors used to excise wound edge on previously marked pattern Figure 2-1. Structure of the skin and underlying subcutaneous layer. Figure 1-5. Removal process Figure 1-4. Common nail complications Figure 1-3. Digital block.