ممرض يساعد الطبيب في نزع أنبوب الصدر. ماذا يُطلب من المريض أثناء السحب غالباً؟

A nurse assists with chest-tube removal. What is the client usually asked to do during withdrawal?

1. Take rapid successive breaths throughout the removal
2. Lie prone and hold his breath for a minute
3. Cough hard at the moment of removal
4. Hold his breath at the moment of removal

Answer: D) Hold his breath at the moment of removal. The client holds his breath or performs a Valsalva at the moment of removal to stop air entering, and the site is covered immediately with an occlusive dressing. An X-ray follows and breathing is monitored.