Chest Tubes Flashcards
What is Oxygenation?
hemostasis of oxygen intake, carbon dioxide elimination and distribution of oxygen to all body tissues, through body tissue, through the coordination efforts of the intact respiratory, hematologic, and circulatory systems
What type of patients would experience problems with oxygenation?
Symptoms a patient with oxygenation problems exhibit?
Hypoxemia/Hypoxia, Changes in mental status, Restlessness, Dyspnea, Changes in HR, Increase BP, Dysrhythmias, Cool extremities, Central Cyanosis (late sign), Diaphoresis
What two ways is O2 carried in blood?
dissolved 02 ad hemoglobin bound O2
Deceased oxygenation changes in mental status
impaired judgment, agitation, disorientation, confusion, lethargy, coma
ThoracoStomy
a procedure where a plastic tube (chest tube) is inserted into the pleural space
Thoracentesis
procedure to remove fluid/ air from around the lung using a needle
ThoracoTomy
surgical procedure in which part a cut is made between the ribs to see and reach the lungs or other organs in the chest or thorax
What 2 things do chest tubes improve
gas exchange and breathing
Insertion into __________ restores negative intrathoracic pressure needed for lung _____________ after surgery or trauma
pleural space, re-expansion
Insertion into __________(extra pleural space) anteriorly or posteriorly drains blood after surgery
mediastinal space
________________ of the chest wall almost always causes some degree of _____________
Surgical, Pneumothroax
Normal breathing mechanisms operate on principle _______ pressure?
Negative
Pressure in chest cavity is normally ________, than the ________, causing air to move into the ________ during _________.
lower, atmosphere, lungs,inspiration
When the chest is opened what type of pressure is loss?
negative
