Tubes, lines, and ur mom

Endotracheal tube

Purpose: need for mechanical ventilation or O2 delivery

Placement: distal tip of tube should be 1-2in above the tracheal bifurcation

Chest tube

(Thoracostomy/intrapleural tube)

Purpose: used to drain intrapleural space (air/fluid)

Placement: dependent on substance being removed

Nasogastric/nasointestinal tube

Purpose: medication, gastric compression, removal of flats and fluids from the stomach

Placement: stomach

Greenfield filter

(IVL filter)

Purpose: traps large dot fragments and prevents them from traveling

Placement: placed through vein in groin or neck into the inferior vena cava

Central venous lines

Purpose: drugs, manage fluid volume, blood analysis, monitor cardiac pressure

Placement: central vein

Peripheral venous line

(PICC line)

Purpose: IV antibiotics, TPN nutrition, chemotherapy

Placement: cephalic vein, basilic vein, brachial vein

Pacemaker

Purpose: provides low levels of electrical stimulation to heart

Placement: left pectoral fascia