Question

Safety measures that are monitored for all clients requiring a closed drainage system include all the following except:

a. Keeping rubber-tipped hemostats at the bedside

b. Ensuring bubbling is present in water seal chamber

c. Keeping the system below chest tube insertion site

d. Ensuring that suction control chamber water level is maintained

Answer 1

Ans) Ensuring bubbling is present in water seal chamber

Explaination:

- Bubbling in the Water Seal Chamber May Mean an Air Leak
If the water seal is continuously bubbling, you should suspect an air leak. Think of the lungs as wrapped in plastic. An air leak occurs when there is a hole in the plastic wrap allowing air to escape from the lung tissue into to the pleural cavity.