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Uploaded by on Jan 1, 2009

From http://www.ed4nurses.com. Learn how to assess and manage a three-bottle or all-in-one chest drainage system.

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  • Soooooo.... why does the first bottle system show bubbling in the water seal but later in the video it states there should be no bubbling in the water seal? If air is coming out of water how does it not bubble? Where the hell does it go? Did Houdini make this system?

  • @Natty4512 The water seal is a one-way valve that allows air out of the pleural space, but not back in. Air will bubble in the water seal when air is removed from the tube. Air is not normally in the pleural space, so the water seal should not bubble. When removing a pneumothorax air is being removed from the pleural space and air will bubble in the water seal. The short story is that bubbling is not normal, but would be expected when removing a pneumothorax, or when there is an air leak.

  • Just to clarify: there should be movement up and down with ventilation in the water seal chamber. When movement (tidaling) stops it indicates an obstruction to the system or tubing. Tidaling will continue as long as the system is patent, even if the lungs are fully expanded.

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  • Our senior year nursing lab class utilized this video. Great job. Even our professors profess lol.

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  • @TheAngelsweet143 You need to download a youtube downloader and then after that just copy and paste the link from youtube video. The direction from the "downloader" is easy to follow.

  • Wow, in a few houres i have my Intensive Care exams, this will help me soooooo much!

  • I think this is a good video. However, it is not clear that there is no "suction" applied to the patient's lung. When the nurse "increases" the wall suction, the patient is "protected" by the water seal chamber from any increases in wall suction. The "negative pressure" which exists in the system (prefer "negative pressure" as opposed to using the term "[active] suction") is related to the level of water in the water seal. No suction is ever applied to the pleural space.

  • @Natty4512 : how can i saved this video to my usb? thnx

  • This really helped me understand chest tubes!

  • wow! you are awesome! thank you for this!

  • wow so much better than how the book explains it.

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