When removing a chest tube, first stack a Xeroform Petrolatum gauze dressing on a nonadhesive dressing. Tape three sides of the dressing over the tube with foam tape. While keeping a fourth piece of ...
About Your Chest Tube and Heimlich Valve Your chest tube is a flexible tube that’s placed between your ribs. It goes into your pleural space, the area between the inner and outer linings of your lungs ...