stripping | | this should never been done to a chest tube |
subcutaneous empyema | | accumulation of pus in the pleural cavity |
tidaling | | when connected to suction the the pleur evac should make ________ bubbling sound |
collection chamber | | bubbling in this chamber indicates an air leak |
below | | pleur evac should be kept _________ the chest level |
sterile water | | air pockets under the skin |
empyema | | occurs when the water level in the water seal chamber rises and falls with respirations |
hemothorax | | accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity |
pleural effusion | | this should be used to set fill the water seal chamber |
water seal | | accumulation of fluid in the pleral space |
gentle | | collapsed lung |
pneumothorax | | this is where the drainage is measured |