00:04
So we just talked about emptying an ostomy
bag, now let's take a look at why do you
burp an ostomy bag? You may think
okay what are you talking about
burping an ostomy bag but let's take a look
at that, now while we're talking about this
really just remember that ostomy bag is coming
or that stoma is coming from our digestive tract
so just as expected there can be some gas that
escapes from the stoma into the bag so what
that's going to look like is like a ballooning
or inflation of that device so just know that
some bags have filters here to help address it but
some don't so just keep that in mind. Now guys I
want to talk a minute about this so as a nurse if
you're sensitive to smells, I'm just going to be
frank here that sometimes this can really put out
a foul smelling odor so as a nurse if you're going
to address a patient be aware of yourself and know
this so a great tip here is maybe that you put
some sort of lotion or something scented
underneath your nose before you enter the room,
it's important for us when we're caring for
these patients to maintain professionalism as
much as possible. Now let's take a look how do we
actually burp the ostomy bag? Now it's important
to grab the tail of the pouch and really just
kind of hold on to that and open up that velcro
closure or the clamp itself now sometimes those
clamps get lost, make sure you don't lose that,
now we want to hold the top of the pouch with one
hand and then we want to take the other hand and
push the gas out by really just sliding your
thumb and your finger from top to bottom. Now
once we've done this we want to secure the velcro
closure or the clamp as, as we talked about above
now once we're done with this we can
wash our hands and remove our gloves.
01:58
Now I'd like to show you how to burp the ostomy
bag, so just for comparison here on my mannequin
I've got one without gas it's nice and flat but
as you can see here on the table I've got one that
gas is collected and it's ballooned, sometimes
you can even see this through a patient's gown
so let me show you how to burp that so
when we start, don't forget to hold the
end here of the pouch then we're
going to remove the clamp itself
now again your clamps going to vary, it could
be the velcro or this clamp, sometimes they're
a little hard to get off so now I've removed
my clamp, it's important to hold the pouch
up so contents don't spill over then I'm going
to take my other hand and push out the gas.
02:46
So now that we've burped the bag now
I want to make sure to reapply my clamp,
so everybody's a little bit different how we do
this, so some people may fold but honestly if
you notice if you fold too much we're getting too
much into the bag. These closures rely on them,
they're actually really good the clamps
so usually I'll just apply my clamp
and then make sure it's clamped down see how that
pinches it, it does a really nice job of making
sure the contents are enclosed. The other thing
to remember, again anytime you burp an ostomy bag
this is a time that could have a really foul
odor coming from this so as a nurse please
make sure you're sensitive to this and just
know that before going in with your patient.
So a good idea again is maybe put some scented
lotion under your nose or something like that but
again it's important to maintain professionalism
so your patient can be comfortable and now don't
forget before you leave make sure you
remove your gloves and wash your hands.