Chest Drains
title: Chest (Inter-Costal) Drains tags: #FFICM notebook: ð-FFICM type: inprogress
source: [[mcqs-and-sbas-in-intensive-care-medicine-oxford-higher-special-training]]
| Flashcard | type:basic |
|---|---|
| Should the tube connecting the chest drain to the seal bottle be wide or narrow? | Wide |
| Why should the tube connecting the chest drain to the seal bottle be wide? | To reduce resistance |
| How big should the capacity in the chest drain tubing from drain to seal bottle be? | More than half of maximal inspiratory volume |
| Why should capacity in ICD tubing be greater than half of inspiratory volume? | Stop the patient aspirating water into chest |
| Why should water at end of chest drain tubing be greater than half of inspiratory volume? | Stop the patient aspirating air into chest |
| In chest drains, how much water should be at the end of the tubing going into the bottle? | Greater than half inspiratory volume. |
| How far below the surface of the water in a chest drain set should the end of a chest drain tubing be? | No more than 5cm, else too much pressure to overcome |
| How far below the patient should a chest drain set be? | 45cm |
| How much suction should be applied to a chest drain set? | No more than 10-20cm Water |
| In a three bottle chest drain set up, what are the bottles? | First One For Fluid Trap, Second One For Underwater Seal, Third One For Suction. |