put a petroleum dressing on it and over that a 4" by 4" gauze and tape down on 3 sides of dressing.
because the tube the food gos in it goes out the other
Chest tube supplies are important after surgery. Chest tube supplies should be kept at a person's bedside for easy access if needed.
a standard chest tube is a hollow tube that inserts into the chest's pleural cavity. a trocar is a metal rod that's inside the chest tube, some doctors prefor the trocar for easier insertion through the intercostal muscles.
movement of fluid in chest tube R/T inspiration & expiration
Hippocrates first invented a chest tube that was constructed out of metal. They were not in wide spread use until the influenza epidemic of 1917.
a chest tube is used for the treatment of pnuemothorax or hemopnuemothorax..
stat chest x-ray
Immediately apply sterile gauze over the chest tube insertion site and notify doctor.
guide wire tube thoracostomytrocar tube thoracostomyoperative tube thoracostomy
The doctor will make an incision under the arm, to insert a chest tube. This chest tube will drain off any blood in the lungs, allowing it to re inflate.
32551 - chest tube placement 860.2 - traumatic hemothorax 511.89 - spontaneous hemothroax
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