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Recall
What is a thoracostomy tube?
What is the purpose of a chest tube?
How is a chest tube inserted?
Is the chest tube placed under or over the rib?
What are the goals of chest tube insertion?
In most cases, where should the chest tube be positioned?
How can you tell on CXR if the last hole on the chest tube is in the pleural cavity?
What are the centimeter measurements on a chest tube?
What is the chest tube connected to?
What are the three chambers of the Pleurovac
®
?
Describe how each chamber of the Pleurovac
®
box works as the old three-bottle system:
Collection chamber
Water-seal chamber
Suction-control chamber
Give a good example of a water seal.
How is a chest tube placed on water seal?
Should a chest tube ever be clamped off?
What does it mean to
“
run the system
”
of a chest tube?
How can you tell if the chest tube is
“
tidling
”
?
How can you check for an air leak?
What is the usual course for removing a chest tube placed for a PTX?
How fast is a small, stable PTX absorbed?
How should a chest tube be removed?
What is a Heimlich valve?