Anurse is caring for a client who has chest tubes inserted to treat a hemothorax that resulted from a crushing chest injury. while planning care for a stationary chest tube drainage system, which purpose of the first chamber will the nurse consider?

A plastic tube which is called a chest tube is inserted into the chest wall and pleural space. It can remove the air such as pneumothorax, fluid for fluid effusion and hemothorax. There are 2 or 3 chambers yet would depend on the situation. The first would be to remove the air or fluid followed by preventing drained fluid or air from returning thus the nurse should consider having it in a negative pressure for lung re expansion.