Clamp the tube
- Clamping the tube will increase
the pressure on the gastric sutures from a concentration of gas and fluid.
2. Consider this an expected event.
- As a result of the trauma of
surgery, some bleeding can be predictable for 4 to 5 hours.
3. Instill the tube with iced normal saline.
- Iced saline rarely is used
because it grounds for vasoconstriction, local ischemia, and a decrease in body
temperature.
4. Notify the client's surgeon of this finding
- This is not essential; this is
an anticipated occurrence.
