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What should be done when there is an obstruction in a chest tube and
why? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Milk the tube, never strip due to pressure changes
When is it normal to find bleeding in a chest tube? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Only
with a hemothorax
Is tidaling normal with a chest tube? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Yes, on respirations
What does it mean when there is no longer tidaling with a chest tube? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔That the tube is ready to be taken out
Is constant bubbling with a chest tube good or bad? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Bad
, Is crepidous supposed to be at the chest tube site? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔No,
but usually resolves back into the body
What is crepidous? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Air bubbles in the subcutaneous tissue
surrounding chest tube site
How should a chest tube be observed for any issues? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔From the patient to the machine
What is the first thing the nurse should do if she suspects any issues with a
patients chest tube? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Make sure the chest tube
connections are secure
What are the steps to a self breast exam? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Step 1: Lie
down and place left arm behind head (lying down spreads breast tissue
evenly)
Step 2: Use finger pads of 3 middle fingers on your right hand to feel for
lumps in the left breast. Use overlapping dime-sized circular motions to feel
breast tissue. Light, medium, and firm pressure to feel each layers. (A firm
ridge on the curve of each breast is normal)
Step 3: Move around breast in a vertical pattern at an imaginary straight
line down your side from the underarm.