Between the two membranes that surround the lung is a negative pressure air space called _____.

The nurse managing a patient after chest tube insertion should closely monitor for _____.

If the chest tube is pulled out of the patient's chest, and the patient had an air leak from the lung, after asking a colleague to call a physician STAT, emergency nursing management is to?

You have set the system to -20 mmHg suction but the suction monitor bellows do not expand past the arrow mark. What should you do next to troubleshoot? 

Two hours after chest tube the nurse assesses a patient who had a chest tube inserted during surgery. There is 200 mL of dark-red drainage in the chest tube at this time. What is the appropriate action for the nurse to perform?

The nurse is assessing a client with a chest tube. Upon examining the area around the chest tube she notes some swelling at the site and crepitus on palpation of the area. The nurse knows that this is subcutaneous emphysema. Her best course of action at this time is to