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| Dr. Joel Aronowitz |
Dr. Joel Aronowitz: "Let's talk about Drain Care 101. So, the drain consists of the small reservoir that I described as a little hand grenade, and it's marked here with how many cc's. So, right now, there's 30 cc's or 2 ounces. If we squeeze it down like that, now there's some suction, and that's pulling fluid from the cavity into the drain, and there's a little valve here that is a one-way valve that only allows fluid to go one way, which is what we want. But at the same time, we want it usually dependent, that is below the level of where the drain is.
We want the reservoir down, so just in case this isn't sucking, then at least gravity is bringing the fluid down. Sometimes, a little bit of proteinaceous exudate, that's protein in the bloodstream, will coagulate within the drain, and that'll clog up the drain, maybe it's blood. So, we want to pull a little extra suction. We'll pinch toward the body, we'll pull away like this, being careful to not tear the drain. Now, this is under a little tension, and if I let go of this one closest to her body, it'll pull a little extra suction. You could see that pulling, and that just gives it a little extra vacuum to clear out any clogging in the drain.
So, I'll show you one more time so it's clear. Pinch toward the body, pull away from the body, and now let go with the first one first. And that's how we, one of the ways to unclog a drain. So, I hope that helps. Then, this will be emptied every few hours, depending on how fast this would be described as a light serosanguineous fluid. So, it's serous, and the sanguine is blood, so it's a little bit bloody, and day by day, this will get less and less bloody; it'll get more and more clear. So, there you have it, that was easy shmeezy, right?"
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