In this episode, Ashley provides a detailed overview of the anesthesia machine, its components and key tips for using and troubleshooting it. If you want to know about or review the anesthesia machine… this is your podcast!

At the time of this recording, Ashley Scheil was a second-year SRNA at Marian University in Indianapolis, IN. She earned her BSN from Purdue University in 2012. Ashley worked as a critical care Registered Nurse in the surgical ICU at the Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis for 6 years before going back to anesthesia school. She is expected to graduate in May of 2020 with her DNP degree.

E – Cylinder Calculation

Amount of oxygen in cylinder in liters divided by liters of flow

Ex:       660 liters / 3 lpm = 220 minutes of oxygen 

            330 liters / 10 lpm = 33 minutes of oxygen

References

Butterworth, J. F., Mackey, D. C., & Wasnick, J. D. (2018). Morgan and Mikhail’s clinical anesthesiology. McGraw-Hill Education.

Miller, R. D. (2014). Miller’s anesthesia. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier. 

Nagelhout, J. J., Elisha, S., & Plaus, K. (2017). Nurse anesthesia. Elsevier Health Sciences.