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Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
• Look at the CXR ... : is the chest tube ... • If a chest tube ... CHEST TUBE OUTPUT ... CHEST TUBE SIZING
Chest Tube Placement Checklist
PREPARATION
 o Consent
 o Position Patient
 o Monitoring
 o Time Out
 o Review
Chest Tube Placement ... Meds o Review Cxr ... Tube Tray o Chest ... tube o Sterile ... o Secure tube
Nasogastric Tube Placement on Point of Care Ultrasound - Transverse View
The cervical esophagus is left of
Nasogastric Tube ... confirming NG tubes ... #Nasogastric #NGTube
Chest Tube Drainage System - Chambers and Functionality
Clamp: simulates NO chest tube in at all
Chamber 1:
Chest Tube Drainage ... : simulates NO chest ... tube in at all ... down indicates tube ... #Tube #Drainage
Flail Chest- Check out the paradoxical chest wall movement 
Typical management: opiates for analgesia, intubation due
Flail Chest- Check ... the paradoxical chest ... to incr WOB + chest ... tube Alternative ... tube.
Checking Invasive Devices Using Chest X-Rays

- Dr. Alex Psirides @psirides

#Diagnosis #Anatomy #Radiology #CriticalCare #Lines #Devices #Tubes
Devices Using Chest ... Lines #Devices #Tubes ... Placement #ChestXRays #CXR
G-tube stuck in the abdominal wall on POCUS Ultrasound
Also in the underrated, not typically taught, but
G-tube stuck in ... troubleshooting tubes ... @mackendc #GTube ... #gastrostomy #tube
How a Chest Tube Drainage System Works

Bottle 1: Fluid Collection. This is a simple collection bottle
How a Chest Tube ... directly to your chest ... tube. ... suction through your chest ... tube.
Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
Pertinent Chest ... tube insertion ... Diaphragmatic rupture NG tube ... in the chest - ... abdominal viscus #cxr
Post Intubation Checklist
Airway
 - Inflate balloon 
 - Note tube depth 
 - Secure the tube
balloon - Note tube ... - Secure the tube ... tidal C02 - Chest ... X-ray - Adjust tube