Chest Tubes
Name one indication for a chest tube.
What is hemothorax, pneumothorax, pleural effusion, or chest wall surgery?
True or false: A patient on a Bipap can be in restraints if a sitter is present.
What is false?
True or false: A central line catheter is not required to be sutured to the patient.
What is false?
Where is each balloon located?
What is esophagus and stomach?
Which type of Jackson-Pratt (JP) drain should have NO compression?
Your patient knocks their chest tube over and the drainage has spilled over into the next chambers. What is your best step?
What is change the atrium?
What is the maximum flow rate when using an airvo?
What is 60mL?
How long is the dry time after cleaning with CHG?
What is 30 seconds?
What is used for traction on the tube?
What is a 1L bag and kerlix?
How often are tube feeding bottles and tubing changed?
What is every 24 hours?
Your provider orders for the chest tube to be to water seal. What does this mean?
What is disconnect suction?
When using the oxygen protocol, how many L are we allowed to titrate to?
What is 6L?
Central line dressings should be changed on which day of the week?
What is Monday?
Where do you get a manometer from?
What is respiratory?
When placing a Corpak, what must be done to the tube prior to insertion and prior to removing the stylet?
What is 10mL water flush?
True or false: Vaseline gauze should NOT be used when changing a chest tube dressing.
What is true?
How would you titrate a patient on a nonrebreather mask?
What is use a different modality?
How long should the site be scrubbed with CHG when changing the dressing?
When using the manometer to increase pressure after bleeding occurs, what is your goal pressure?
What is 30mmHg?
What is the most common complication of a biliary drain?
What is occlusion?
If a chest tube with an air leak becomes dislodged, what are your next steps?
What is use sterile gauze and tape on 3 sides?
What is the maximum flow rate for a patient on a nasal cannula?
What is 6L?
How often are the hubs on the central line changed?
What is with every tubing change?
Which ports are the 3-way stopcocks attached to: balloon or aspiration?
What is balloon port?
How much water is instilled in a dignishield rectal tube?
What is 45mL?