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1
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What do you need prior to a thoracentesis

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Chest xray

Vitals

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How do you position the client during a thoracentesis

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Sitting up leaning over side table.
Sit in a chair backwards propped up over the chair.
Lie on unaffected side with HOB at 45degrees

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What occurs in a thoracentesis

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Fluid/blood/exudate is being removed from pleural space

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What do you expect to occur as a result of a thoracentesis

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The lungs to expand

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What do you want to monitor as a result of thoracentesis

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Vital signs

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After a thoracentesis what should you do

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get an cxr

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Why would a client need a chest tube?

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The lung have collapsed

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If a chest tube is placed in the 2nd intercostal space what do you expect to be removed

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air

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If a chest tube is placed in the 8th or 9th intercostal space what do you expect to be removed

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drainage

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What is the purpose of a cdu

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to restore normal vacuum pressure in the pleural space.

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What do you do if the drainage chamber fills up

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change it

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What is the purpose of the water seal chamber

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to promote one way flow and prevent air from going into patient

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What do you do if you see bubbling/tidalling in the water seal chamber

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It is normal when the client is breathing, coughing, sneezes or exhales.
It should be intermittent

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What happens if a patient was on dry suction system, do you expect bubbling

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No because there is no water to regulate the pressure. Instead a dial is used to give negative pressure.

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As a nurse what are some things you need to assess for in a patient with a CDU

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  1. Assess Dressing must be tight and intact
  2. Auscultate Lung sounds bilaterally
  3. Vitals-monitor o2 sats report anything 100 in the first hour and if there is a change in color to bright red
    Record drainage for first 24 hours and then every 8 hours. Notify physciain if drainage is greater than 100 in the first hour and if there is a change in color to bright red
  4. Encourage deep breath, cough, insentive spirometer
  5. Lab- watch for increased wbc, fever, and daily cxr
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Where should the CDU be kept

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below the level of the chest, if too high drainage will go back into patient

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What do you monitor with the CDU system

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Make sure there are no kinks, and it is a closed system. monitor water levers and tidaling.

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What happens when tidalling stops?

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Check the tubing, or is there a dependent loop present in the system then…
Check to see if the lung has re-expanded

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What do you do if the tubing gets disconnected

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Use sterile water that would be at the bedside, and reconnect as fast as you can

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What happens if the water seal chamber falls over

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Re-establish a water seal, set cdu upright and fill chamber to 2cm water.
Have client deep breath and cough in case any air went into pleural space

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What if the chest tube was accidently pulled out

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Maintain a 3 way valve opening with gauze

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Is bubbling normal when chest tube is connected to suction and you see continous bubbling in the suction chamber

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Is bubbling normal when your client coughs and you see intermittent bubbling in the water seal chamber

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Is bubbling normal when you have continous bubbling in the water seal chamber

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What do you need in order to clamp a chest tube and why
An order, because it could cause a tension pneumothorax
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When removing a chest tube, what do you ask the client to do
Deep breath, valsalva, and then place an occlusive dressing over site
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What has happend to the lung that you need a pneumothorax/hemothorax and how?
Collapsed lung, due to accumulated blood or air in the pleural space
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What s/s do you see in a hemo/pneumothorax
``` SOB Increase HR Decreased breath sounds to affected side less movement on affected side Chest pain Cough Subcutaneous emphysema ```
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What would you see on the CXR of someone with a pneumo or hemothorax
air or fluid
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What treatment options available for a person with a pneumothorax or hemothorax
Thoracentesis Chest tubes Daily cxr
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Do you see intermittent bubbling in the water seal chamber of someone with a pneumothorax
yes
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What occurs in a Tension Pneumothorax
Pressure build up in the plueral space and collapsed the lung, pressure pushes everything to opposite side, mediastinal shift
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What can cause a tension pneumothorax
Trauma PEEP Clamping a chest tube taping an open pneumothorax on all 4 sides
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What are the S/S of a Tension pneumothorax
``` Subcutaneous emphysema Absent breath sounds Asymetry of thorax respiratory distress Eventually can lead to decreased cardiac output ```
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What is the treatment plan for a tension pneumo
Large bore needle in the 2nd intercostal space to allow air to escape, Then find the cause Chest tubes will be inserted
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What occurs in an open pneumothorax
The opening in the chest allow
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What are treatment options for someone with an open pneumothorax
- Have client inhale and hold it - Then place a gauze and tape on 3 sides - Have the client sit up if possible to expand lungs, unless trauma patient
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What is the most common injury from a chest trauma
Fractured ribs and sternum
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``` When someone has: Pain and tenderness Crepitus Shallow resps and resp acidosis what could these be a sign of ```
Fractured rib and sternum
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What treatment options are there for a fractured rib and sternum
Non-narcotic analgesic nerve block to assist with productive cough support injured area Do not immobilize chest it could lead to shallow breathing, atelectasis and pneumonia
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What complications could occur with a fractured rib and sternum
Pneumo/hemothorax | Flail chest
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What is a flail chest
Multiple rib fractures
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``` When a person has: pain paradoxical chest wall movement chest sucks inward on inspiration and puffs on expiration Dyspnea, cyanosis increased pulse What are these s/s related to ```
Flail chest
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What are some treatment options for someone with a flail chest
1. stabilize area, intubate, ventilate | 2. Positive pressure ventilation stabilizes area
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What are some types of positive pressure ventilation
1. PEEP (positive end expiratory pressure) 2. BiPap(Bi-level positive airway pressure) 3. CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure)
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Out of PEEP, BiPap, and CPAP which system would you use for someone on a ventilator
PEEP
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Out of PEEP, BiPap, and CPAP which system would you use for someone with Sleep Apnea
CPAP or BiPap
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Out of PEEP, BiPap, and CPAP which system would you use for someone with ARDS
PEEP
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Out of PEEP, BiPap, and CPAP which system would you use for someone with COPD, heart failure
BiPap
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Out of PEEP, BiPap, and CPAP which system would you use for someone with pulmonary edema or severe hypoxia
PEEP
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If a person becomes dehydrated, has had a surgery and is immobile or is taking birth control pills, what are they at risk for
pulmonary embolism
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What are some common s/s related to PE
1. Hypoxemia 2. Low PO2 3. SOB, Cough and increased RR and Pulse and BP 4. Increased D-Dimer 5. Positive VQ Scan (dye is used) 6. Positive spiral CT or CT angiograpy 7. Hemoptysis 8. Chest Pain 9. CXR shows atelactasis
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What do you do to prevent a PE
Early ambulation and hydration | Isometric exercises
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What are some treatment options for PE
``` oxygen decrease pain anticoagulant - bleeding precautions surgery bed rest elevate extremities TED hose/SCD's Warm moist head decreases inflammation ```

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