Lines, Tubes, Drains: Common Equipment

Question 1

Telemetry

Answer 1

Remotely monitors vital signs for ambulatory patients

Question 2

Peripheral IV

Answer 2

infuses medication and fluid

Question 3

Precaution of peripheral IV

Answer 3

occoluded or dislodged

Question 4

PICC line

Answer 4

tube inserted into a vein in the arm and ends in large vein just above the heart

Question 5

Central venous catheter

Answer 5

administer fluids or medication

• directly obtains cardiovascular measurements such as the central venous pressure
• depending on its use its monoluminal, biluminal, or triluminal

Question 6

Precautions for Central veneous catheter

Answer 6

• Needs to be revealed after the change in position for accurate measurement
• line may cause perforation of vessels and arythmias

Question 7

Chest tube

Answer 7

flexible tube used to remove air, fluid or pus from the intrathoracic space
REMOVE AFP

Question 8

Peripheral IV you want to avoid

Answer 8

avoid bp overline

Question 9

What is used for long term medication delievery

Answer 9

PICC line

Question 10

What obtain blood tests

Answer 10

Central venous catheter

Question 11

Arterial line

Answer 11

inserted into an artery and directly measures blood pressure

Question 12

Nasogastric tube

Answer 12

used for feeding and administering drugs and other oral agents

Question 13

Precautions for a feeding tube

Answer 13

• keep HOB elevated

- aspiration

Question 14

Nasogastric suction

Answer 14

Drains the stomach’s content w a tube

Question 15

Swan Ganz Catheter

Answer 15

pulmonary artery catheter
-allows direct simutaneous measurement of pressures in the Right atrium, Right ventricle, pulmonary artery and the filling pressure to the left atrium

Question 16

Precautions of swan ganz catheter

Answer 16

• may produce bleeding
• vessel rupture
• dysrhythmias
• pneumothorax
• and other life-threatening complications
• patients are often on bedrest

Question 17

Dialysis center

Answer 17

used for exchanging blood to and from the hemodialysis machine from the patient

Question 18

What are the two lumens the dialysis center contains

Answer 18

venous and arterial

Question 19

ICP monitor

Answer 19

monitoring device to determine the pressure in the brain.
-consists of a small tube (catheter) attached to the patient’s skull by either a ventriculostomy, subarachnoid bolt, or screw and is connected to a transducer which registers the pressure

Question 20

Feeding tube

Answer 20

A surgically inserted tube into the small intestine which delivers nutrition directly into the stomach

Question 21

Precautions of feeding tube:

Answer 21

• Keep HOB elevated during active feeding

- Aspiration risk

Question 22

Shunt

Answer 22

A surgically-placed tube running from the ventricles which deposits excess fluids into either the abdominal cavity, heart, or large veins of the neck

Question 23

Hemovac drain

Answer 23

removes any blood or other fluids that might build up in an area

Question 24

Precaution of hemovac drain

Answer 24

Avoid tension on line

Question 25

Jackson-Pratt Drain

Answer 25

Post operative drainage for collecting bodily fluids from surgical sites

Question 26

Rectal tube

Answer 26

A long slender tube inserted into the rectum to relieve chronic flatulence

Question 27

Foley catheter

Answer 27

-Used to collect urine, can be external and internal

Question 28

Endotracheal Tube- ETT

Answer 28

Established and maintains airway and ensure the adequate exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide

Question 29

Tracheostomy

Answer 29

Stoma can serve by itself independently as an airway or as a site for tracheostomy tube to be inserted

Question 30

First-line option

Answer 30

- Standard Nasal canula | - Venturi mask

Question 31

Venturi mask

Answer 31

Mixes oxygen with room air, creating high flow enriched oxygen of a certain concentration

Question 32

What is a Second-line option?

Answer 32

Simple face mask

Question 33

Simple face mask->indicated for patients with

Answer 33

nasal irritation or epistaxis (nose bleed) | -useful for mouth breathers

Question 34

Second-line options

Answer 34

Nonrebreathing face mask with resorvoir and one-way valve | -delivers higher concentrated oxygen

Question 35

Second-line options- Reservoir cannulas

Answer 35

improves the efficiency of oxygen delivery | -patients may be well oxygenated at lower flows

Question 36

High flow transtracheal catheter

Answer 36

- delivers oxygen directly into catheter | - patients who have been extubated may benefit from an interim trial

Question 37

High flow warmed and humidified nasal oxygen

Answer 37

- nasal oxygen has been administered at lows ranging from 10-40 L/m - When this oxygen is warmed to body temperature and saturated to full humidity, it is comfortable - Alleviated dyspnea and improved respiratory parameters as compared to other devices