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- Wash hands
- Set up sterile field
- Put sterile gloves on
- Remove stitch
- Ask patient to breath in
- On exhalation pull out in one smooth motion
- Ask a colleague to pull the purse strings as to close the puncture site as the tube is removed
- Apply dressing
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How do you remove transmission dipstick tube 1996 Jeep Cherokee?
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Name four types of chest tubes?
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Why is your chest hairy but your hair is not?
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Can chest tube Clogging lead to infection?
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Chest tube supplies at bedside?
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What is the difference between a standard chest tube and a chest tube with a trocar?
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What should nurse do if chest tube is accidentally removed?
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