Cvor scrubbing processes - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Putting in Chest Tubes - Answer-For all chest tube placement you will cut through skin with a 15 blade and bovie the incision. Then Max will pass one silk stitch per tube, and Matt and Jim will pass two silk stitches per tube. Once the stitches are in place have a snap or tonsil (depending on pt size) to help them pass the tube through the chest and skin. Once the clamp is through pass them the part of the tube that should be on the outside of the body. Max will then tie the one stitch aroun...