chest tube
Lung drainage catheter
A chest tube is a flexible plastic tube inserted through the chest wall into the pleural space—the area between the lungs and the ribcage.
It drains air, blood, or fluid that has accumulated there, allowing a collapsed lung to re-expand or preventing dangerous pressure buildup.
They placed a chest tube after the stabbing punctured his lung.
- lungRespiratory chest organ
- pneumothoraxAir in pleural space
- air leakUnintended gas escape
- airGaseous envelope surrounding Earth
- bloodBody's oxygen carrier
intercostal space · pleura · trocar · empyema · intubation · breath sounds · bedside · trauma bay · drainage · water seal · incision · insertion · gurgling · emergency · parietal pleura · oxygenation · barotrauma · sterile
- Emergency MedicineEMT, emergency medicine, EMS, paramedic, paramedics
- medical equipmentstethoscope, AED, syringe, hospital bed, surgical table
- ICUventilators, ventilator, critical care, crash carts, life support
- medical tubes
- surgical drains
- war surgeryfield surgery, combat medic, field hospital, MASH unit, medevac
INVASIVE INTERVENTION vs. NON-INVASIVE MANAGEMENT
chest tubesupplemental oxygen
Additional breathable gas supply
oxygen mask · nasal cannula · observation · watchful waiting