JP Drain Care: Hvornår du skal kontakte lægen
Ring 112 med det samme ved brystsmerter i hvile, svær åndenød, besvimelse, tegn på slagtilfælde (hængende mundvig, svaghed i armen, sløret tale), blødning der ikke kan stoppes, eller tanker om at gøre skade på dig selv. Vent ikke til inden for åbningstid.
Kontakt dit kirurgiske team inden for få timer
- Bright red blood filling the drain bulb rapidly (arterial bleeding concern)
- Sudden large increase in drain output volume (hemorrhage or organ leak)
- Fever above 38.5C with increasing redness, swelling, or purulent drainage around the drain site
- Drain falls out or is accidentally pulled out completely
- Sudden severe pain at the drain site or surgical site
- Swelling and firmness at the surgical site with decreased drain output (drain may be blocked)
- Air leaking from around drain site in chest surgery patients
- Drain output changes from serous to bloody after initially improving
- Foul-smelling drainage
- Persistent low-grade fever (37.5-38.5C) for more than 48 hours
- Increasing redness or tenderness around the drain exit site
- Drain bulb will not maintain suction (bulb re-expands quickly after compression)
- Visible clot in drain tubing that cannot be milked to the bulb
- Drain output suddenly drops to zero when wound is still expected to drain
- Skin breakdown or irritation at the drain exit site or where the drain tubing rests
Hav dine oplysninger klar, når du ringer
- Navnet på din operation (JP Drain Care) og datoen for din operation
- Din aktuelle temperatur
- Smerteniveau (0–10) og hvor det er
- Al medicin du har taget de seneste 24 timer
- En beskrivelse af såret (rødme, væske, åbning)