Respiratory Support
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11 questions
Medicine & Health Sciences > Cardiac ICU
by Ethan Cale
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Card 1
What is the expected trend for chest tube output postoperatively?
Answer
Chest tube output is expected to steadily decline.
Card 2
What should you suspect if chest tube output is high and then abruptly declines?
Answer
You should suspect that the tube is clotted.
Card 3
What is Tidaling?
Answer
Tidaling occurs when fluid moves back-and-forth with breathing, indicating the tube is in the pleural space.
Card 4
What can a lack of tidaling indicate?
Answer
A lack of tidaling can be a sign of a clotted chest tube.
Card 5
What does clamping a chest tube replicate and what is its purpose?
Answer
Clamping replicates the tube being removed and can test if it is safe to remove the tube.
Card 6
What does the presence of bubbles indicate?
Answer
The presence of bubbles indicates an air leak.
Card 7
What do continuous bubbles signify?
Answer
Continuous bubbles are a sign of a large lung injury or leak in the tubing/box system.
Card 8
What do intermittent bubbles or bubbles initiated by cough signify?
Answer
Intermittent bubbles or bubbles initiated by cough indicate a small lung injury.
Card 9
What does the number of bubbling chambers indicate?
Answer
The more chambers bubbling, the larger the leak.
Card 10
What does it mean if the Orange Indicator is not present?
Answer
If the Orange Indicator is not present, then the chest tube suction is either off or inadequate.
Card 11
What is important to remember about water in the suction chamber?
Answer
If there is not water in the chamber, then air can be sucked into the patient.
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