Now that we've gone over the Modes & Settings, let's start talking about some of the most common alarms, what they mean, and what we could do about them as registered nurses.

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If you've had a look at the ventilator in action, you'll notice there are numbers that remain fixed, and that there are numbers that seem to change from breath to breath. This is because there are particular settings that we mandatorily 'set' for the ventilator to deliver to the patient; whilst then we monitor the section to see what the actual patient is doing/receiving.

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Welcome back to Part 2 on a two-part segment on Blood Gases. In this episode I highlight a basic, systematic approach to analysing a blood gas, including a discussion on ‘normal’ values, a process of contacting the doctors, and speak on some nursing interventions.

In this episode, I break down the absolute basics of central lines. In particular I mentioned the features; talk over the purpose of the 'lumens'; and speak of some particular nursing considerations.