Atrium's Ocean Chest Drain Setup and Operation Part 2

Part 2 - Setup of Atrium's Ocean Water Seal Chest Drain

Warning: This video and the procedures contained therein are provided as reference for licensed medical professionals.

Let's review these instructions and actually see how
fast and efficient, Atrium's Ocean chest drains are to

set up and use. First, remove the CSR wrapped unit
from the outer bag. Carefully open the CSR wrap

using sterile technique and enter the unit into the
sterile field. Each unit comes equipped with a large,

easy to grip handle that makes hand-off and patient
transport easier and safer than ever before.

The sturdy, swing-out floor stand should be opened for
set-up convenience and for placement onto the floor.

To begin, fill the water seal with sterile water or sterile
saline by the pre-attached, pre-measured funnel,

by holding the funnel downward and filling it to the
top, as shown. By raising the funnel, water will quickly

empty into the drain and fill the water seal to the
required 2cm level, indicated by the dotted, "fill to" line.

Remove the funnel and discard after use. Next,
connect the chest drain to the patient by inserting the

patient tube connector directly into the thoracic
catheter. The patient is now on "gravity drainage or

"to water seal." To apply suction when prescribed by a
physician, the suction control chamber can be filled to

the desired pressure level simply by removing the
tethered vent plug, pouring water to the desired

suction control pressure level,
and replacing the vent plug.

As with any chest drainage system, the drain must be
placed below the level of the patient's chest and kept

in an upright position to maximize drainage
efficiency. We recommend hanging the unit bedside,

using the multi-position hangers provided. The
integrated flexi-hangers accommodate today's newer

bed designs and allow single-hand placement and
transport. When you're ready to initiate suction,

connect the suction source to the chest drain suction
connector, or suction control stopcock, and slowly

increase suction at the suction source until constant,
gentle bubbling occurs in the suction control chamber.

Available on most Atrium Ocean models is a patented
suction control stopcock which provides simple and

effective control of vacuum to the drain for more
efficient system operation, with less bubbling noise

and less evaporation. Simple to use and operate,
Atrium's Suction Control Stopcock can be adjusted as

necessary to increase or decrease suction control
bubbling. When applying wall suction without a wall

regulator, simply turn the stopcock to the off
position prior to connecting to the suction source.

Once connected, use the suction control stopcock to
slowly increase suction until you obtain a constant

level of gentle bubbling in
the suction control chamber.