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The overall goal of chest-tube therapy (chest tube care) is to promote lung reexpansion, restore adequate oxygenation and ventilation, and prevent compli-cations. For treatment of pleural-space disruptions, chest-tube therapy should focus on three primary objectives: • removing air and fluid as promptly as possible 1
Chest drains are inserted through an intercostal space into the pleural cavity and are designed to: Remove air, blood, pus or fluid safely. Prevent re-introduction of air or fluid.
Describe the safety principles essential for chest tube maintenance. Prioritize methods for troubleshooting chest tube drainage systems. Outline nursing assessments related to caring for a client with a chest tube. Prioritize the nursing interventions when caring for a client with a chest tube.
Outline key aspects of caring for a patient requiring chest drainage. recognize four signs indicating a chest tube can be removed. summarize the use of autotransfusion with chest drain systems.
• The tube carries bodily fluids to a chest drain bottle or an ambulatory chest drainage bag with a Heimlich flutter valve, below chest level. • The chest drain bottle or bag connects to a closed drainage system with a
Conduct a thorough nursing assessment of a patient who has a pleural chest tube and confirm criteria for removal, i.e., lung expansion, resolution of an air leak, and decreased fluid drainage.
22 Ιαν 2023 · This activity reviews the care of a chest tube and explains the role of the interprofessional team members in managing patients who undergo a thoracostomy tube placement. Objectives: Identify the indications for chest tube placement. Explain the importance of monitoring patients with a chest tube.
