Arterial line sampling Flashcards
1
Q
What should you do before drawing a sample?
A
- Clean hands and don gloves
- Silence any alarms
- Alcohol wipe the draw site for 30 secs
2
Q
What are the steps for drawing a sample from a arterial line?
A
- Turn off stopcock towards the transducer
- Pull back 10 ml of blood into the syringe
- close the stopcock twards the patients off
- Draw 1-3 mls of blood into the syringe
- Turn on the stopcock towards the patient and flush the syringe
- Turn on the stopcock to the transducuer
- Inspect the site of withdrawal to see if there are any changes to the color of skin, bruising, bleeding
- ensure the return of arterial pressure waveform
- assess pt vitals
- activate alarms
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