Catheters, Tubes & Drains Flashcards
Catheters purpose:
. Remove fluid or other objects (thrombi; stones)
. Monitor body functions
. Insert fluids; including contrast media & medications
Cholangiocath
. Used to inject Hypaque or Renografin (contrast agent) in common bile duct
. Attaches to Leuk-Lok syringe
What is Hypaque or Renografin
contrast agent used in the common bile duct
Urinary Catheters purpose and sizes?
. Used to drain urine but have other uses like irrigation
. Nonretaining & Self retaining
. French scale for sizing: 5 Fr (infant & peds) -> 30Fr
Average cath. Size used by adult men = 14 Fr->16 Fr
Urinary Catheters purpose and sizes?
. Used to drain urine but have other uses like irrigation
. Nonretaining & Self retaining
. French scale for sizing: 5 Fr (infant & peds) -> 30Fr
Average cath. Size used by adult men = 14 Fr->16 Fr
Non-Retaining Catheter:
- Temporarily inserted
- Obtain specimen
- Decompression of bladder
- Maneuver around an obstruction
- DOES NOT require urine bag
EX.
. Robinson “red rubber” or “straight cath”
. Coude Cath
Robinson “red rubber” or “straight cath”
Non-Retaining Catheter
- Straight, Plain Tip
Coude Cath
Non-Retaining Catheter
- similar to Robinson catheter but has rigid curved tip
Self-Retaining Catheter or Indwelling Urethral Catheter AKA Foley Catheter
. Indwelling, catheters
. Uses sterile water, rather than saline to inflate 8-10cc for 5cc
. Uses ballon to retain the catheter (5 or 30 cc capacity)
. Used for a period of time
. Some foley cath. Contain a thermometer in the tip
Ex.
- 2 way cath or 3 way cath
- Suprapubic cath
2 way cath or 3 way cath is an example of what?
Self-Retaining
. For transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP)
Suprapubic catheter
– Placed to the bladder
through a surgical
opening in the
abdominal wall
– e.g. Foley, Pezzer
(mushroom), Malecot
(winged tip)
Ureteral catheter
– Placed in the ureter with
an assistance of a
cystoscope
– Introduce contrast
media during retrograde
pyelography
– Passive/gravity
Intravascular catheters
Give ex.
– Infuse fluids or meds
– Obtain diagnosis
– Monitor body functions
– Remove thrombi
– May be inserted
percutaneously or
through a “cutdown”
Ex. Fogarty Catheter, Angio-Cath & Groshong
Fogarty catheter
– Balloon tipped
– Used for removing
thrombus or stone
(embolectomy)
Angio – Cath
– Vascular catheter used
for peripheral line access
Groshong
– central vein catheter
Tubes
– Used to remove air and
fluids for decompression
– Maintain patency of a
lumen & administration of oxygen, gases, medications, fluids including nutrition supplememts
Ex. Gastrointestinal (GI) Tubes,
Gastrointestinal tubes
– Used to aspirate fluids from the GI tract
– Feeding hole = (stoma)
– Sump = Dual lumen tube in which one lumen is used for evacuation of fluid & second allows air to enter for equalizing pressure with in a structure
? slide 16 double-lumen nasogastric
tube
- used for suction and irrigation of the stomach.
- One lumen is attached to
suction for the drainage of
gastric contents and the
second lumen is an air vent.
Airway tubes
- are used to maintain airway patency
Ex.
– ET tube
– Oral Airway
(Pharyngeal airway)
– Nasal Airway (trumpet)
– Tracheotomy tube
– LMA Laryngeal Mask Airway
Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA)
. is a medical device that
keeps a patient’s airway open during anesthesia or
unconsciousness.
* composed of an airway tube that connects to a soft mask with a cuff which is inserted through the patient’s mouth, down the windpipe to form an airtight seal on top the glottis (unlike tracheal tubes which pass through the glottis)
Endotracheal Tube (ET)
- Catheter that is inserted into the trachea to maintain a patients airway and to ensure the adequate exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide. (unlike LMA which stay on top of the glottis)
- Adult tubes are cuffed (balloon)
- Pediatric are uncuffed