Week 2 Flashcards
What are the 5 things you need to read on ETCO2 (PQRST)
- Proper
- Quantity
- Rate
- SHape
- Trend
What does capnography allow you to meaure?
- C02 metabolism
- C02 transport
- Perfusion
What is the target ETCo2 for normal adult?
35-34 mmHg
What is the rate of ventilation for an adult breathing on their own?
12-20 breaths per min
What is the rate of ventilation for an adult if you’re ventilating for them?
10 - 12 bpm
What is the rate that children should be ventilated at?
15 - 30 bpm
What is the rate that infants should be ventilated at?
25 - 50 bpm
What happens if you ventilate too slowly?
Allows CO2 to build up in alveoli resulting in high ETCO2 readings
What happens if you ventilate too quickly?
Not enough Co2 builds up in alveoli resulting in low ETC)@ readings
What happens during phase 1 of capnography?
Inhalation
WHat occurs during phase 2 of capnography?
beginning of exhalation - co2 travels from alveoli through anatomical dead space causing rapid rise in co2
- measures co2 from alveoli plus gas in dead space - more concentrated
What occurs during phase 3 of capnography?
when sensor receives the co2 that was in alveoli. As this is fairly stable the graph levels off
What is the partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) in the alveoli?
100mmHG
What is the partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) in the capillaries?
95mmHg
What is the partial pressure of CO2 (PaCO2) as it leaves the organs?
46mmHg
What is the partial pressure of CO2 (PaCO2) in capillaries?
45mmHg
What is the partial pressure of CO2 (PaCO2) as it leaves the alveoli?
35-45 mmHg
What is the partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) in the organs?
40mmHg
What is the effect of High and low Co2 on hemoglobin for oxygen?
High co2 reduces affinity for o2 on hemoglobin
Lown co2 increases affinity
Reduction in affinity makes haemoglobin release oxygen molecules where needed, but can lead to acidosis
Increased affinuty means haemoglobin may not release o2, meaning sats may show normal but organs are not getting the oxygen as it’s not released by haemoglobin - happens during HYPERVENTILATION
what is the ETCo2 goal during cardiac arrest resus?
> 10mmHg
What happens to ETC02 during shock
Less co2 is produced and delivered to lungs so ETCo2 decreases
What does etco2 <35mmHg mean in relation to shock?
indicates significant cardiopulmonary distress and required aggressive treatment
If someone has normal resp rate and normal pulese and BP but has ETCO2 <35mmHg, whagt is it a sign of?
Pulmonary embolism.
Mismatch between ventilation and perfusion
WHat is a sharks fin shape on ETCO2 representitive of?
Asthma
- due to slow uneven emptying of alveoli… gradual curve up
WHat if the shape is a sharks fin at the ow-expiratory phase, but then bent?
indicates mechanical obstruction
If the top of the capnogram slopes down from left to right rather than gradually slopping up, what does this indicated?
Emphysema & pneumothroax… indicates poor surface area or leaky alveoli
What signs would be shown on ETCO2 by obese and pregnanet people?
a sharp increase at the end of pahse 3 due to poor compliant lungs tissue or extra weight pushing out co2
what is the main function of the respiratory system?
exchange gases with the environment
What are the processes that allow gas exchange to occur
ventilation
internal resp
external resp
difference between ventilation and respiration?
Ventilation = movement of air in and out of lungs rspiration = exchange of oxygen and CO2 in the lungs
What are the two phases to respiration?
Internal - transfer o2 and co2 between capillary RBC and tissue cells
External - transfer of o2 and co2 between the inspired air and pulmonary capillaries
what is ventilation?
mechanical process of moving air in and out of lungs
what performs 80% of the work of breathing?
diaphragm
What controls the diaphragm?
Medulla oblongata
what do the phases of ventilation depend on?
changes in volume of thoracic cavity