The client is 12 hours postoperative after a thoracotomy for lung cancer. During a portable chest x-ray at the bedside, the lower chest tube tubing is accidentally pulled out. What is your best first action?
A. Clamp the tubing with padded clamps.
B. Cover the insertion site with sterile gauze.
C. Clamp and close the skin at the insertion site.
D. Reinsert the chest tube, using sterile technique.
B
Covering the insertion site immediately helps prevent air from entering the pleural space and causing a pneumothorax.
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