The nurse has been asked to assist the physician with a chest tube insertion to drain fluid. The nurse knows that the physician will want to place the chest tube in which location?
a. midclavicular line at the fifth intercostal space
b. midaxillary line at the fifth intercostal space
c. midaxillary line at the fourth intercostal space
d. midclavicular line at the fourth intercostal space
B
A thoracotomy tube, or chest tube, is inserted by the physician into the pleural space to drain fluid and air and allow the lung to reexpand. The tube is placed in the midaxillary line at approximately the fifth intercostal space. To drain air alone, the tube is placed in the anterior chest at the midclavicular line and the fourth intercostal space.
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