BONUS: A chest tube has been removed from a post-MVA patient…
BONUS: A chest tube has been removed from a post-MVA patient after 24 hours of no bubbling in the water seal chamber of the chest drainage system. An occlusive dressing has been applied over the insertion site and the patient appears to be resting comfortably. Your responsibility to the patient at this point is:
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You are the respiratory therapist working the night shift in a 250 bed community hospital. The physician asks you to assist in the evaluation of a patient who was admitted to the ED with chest trauma. Upon entering the trauma room the MD has ordered pain meds to be given to the patient. Providing adequate analgesia to the patient may make paradoxical chest wall movement more obvious.
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