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External Fixation Management With external fixation, a doctor inserts metal pins and wires through skin and muscle layers into the broken bones and affixes them to an adjustable external frame…

Esophageal Tube Insertion and Removal Used to control hemorrhage from esophageal or gastric varices, an esophageal tube is inserted nasally or orally and advanced into the esophagus and stomach. Ordinarily,…

Esophageal Tube Care Used to control hemorrhage from esophageal or gastric varices, an esophageal tube is inserted nasally or orally and advanced into the esophagus or stomach. (See Types of…

Epidural Analgesic Administration When administering an epidural analgesic, the doctor or specially trained nurse injects or infuses medication into the epidural space, which lies just outside the subarachnoid space where…

Epicardial Pacing and Care Epicardial pacing wires are commonly positioned on the epicardial (outer) surface of the heart after cardiac surgery to diagnose and treat arrhythmias, which may be caused…

Enema Administration Enema administration involves instilling a solution into the rectum and colon. In a retention enema, the patient holds the solution within the rectum or colon for 30 minutes…

End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide Monitoring End-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) determines the carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration in exhaled gas to provide information about a patient’s pulmonary, cardiac, and metabolic status. Such information…

Endotracheal Tube Care The intubated patient requires meticulous care to ensure airway patency and prevent complications. Care includes repositioning the endotracheal (ET) tube daily to prevent skin and mucosal injury…

Endotracheal Intubation Endotracheal (ET) intubation involves the oral or nasal insertion of a flexible tube through the larynx into the trachea for the purposes of controlling the airway and mechanically…