NUR 340L Lecture 3: Managing wound drainage evacuation
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Open drain = penrose drain remove drainage from wound and deposits onto skin surface. Closed drain is jackson prat or hemovac. Relies on the presence of a vacuum to withdraw the drainage. Attach tape and a safety pin to drainage tubing with tape and pin to patients gown so the suction device is below the level of the wound and does not pull on the insertion site. Clots or large collections of debris may block drainage flow, the y site in the drainage tubing is especially prone to clogging. Insertion of a straight or an indwelling urinary catheter. May be short term 2 weeks or less or long term more than 1 month. Double lumen indwelling catheterization, first is for urinary drainage and second is for balloon inflation. Balloon size range from 3ml 30ml. Large catheters can damage the urethra and urinary meatus, increase bladder irritability and cause urine to leak around the catheter because of spasm.
