Tubes for Skills Flashcards
what tubes are used for decompression?
Salem sump, Levin, Dual-purpose tubes
what tubes are used for lavage?
Ewald tube, Salem sump (in emergencies)
what tubes are used for compression?
sengstaken-blackmore, minnesota, linton-nachlas
what tubes are used for feeding?
Dobbhoff, keofeed, nasojejunal
gastric aspiration tube used?
salmen sump, levin, Ewald
which tubing must be used low intermittent?
levin
what tubing is used for overdoses?
ewald (rapid)
what tube is ONLY for gastric varices?
linton-nachlas (balloon and 3 tubes)
nasointestinal tubing used for how long?
1-4 weeks
NG tube purpose and duration?
short-term enteral feeding, decompression, lavage (less than 4 weeks
NG contraindication?
nasal surgery, facial trauma, esophageal varices
Purpose and duration of gastrointestinal tube?
short term feeding when gastric feeding not tolerated (less than 4 weeks)
contraindication of NI tube?
delayed gastric emptying not present (reduces aspiration risk)
Orogastric tube purpose and duration?
hours to a few days, short term feeding infants and ventlated pt
contraindications for OGT
oral trauma and needs to be inserted in mouth
Gastrostomy tube (g-tube) purpose and duration?
long term, more than 4 weeks
what is the contraindications for G-tube?
severe ascites (fluid build up in stomach), peritonitis (in abdominal wall lining inflammation)
Jejunstomacy tubing (J-tube) purpose, contraindications, and duration?
Purpose: long term feeding
Contra: severe coagulopathy (not able to clot)
Midline cather is used for? How long? contraindications?
Intermediate-term IV therapy
-1-4 weeks
-contrain: vesicant drugs, TPN
what is TPN?
Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) is when IV-administered nutrition is the only source of nutrition the patient is receiving.
indicated when there is impaired gastrointestinal function and contraindications to enteral nutrition.
Central Venous Catheter (CVC) purpose, duration?
-long term IV therapy, TPN, chemo
what is the contraindication for CVC?
local infection at insertion site (LOCATED: tip of superior vena cava)
Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) purpose and duration?
-long term IV antibiotics, TPN
what are the contraindications of PICC and location?
active bloodstream infection, inserted in arm, tip of central vein
