Video Tip: Capnography for Deeper Sedation | January 2022-Capnography for Deeper Sedation

Capnography for Deeper Sedation

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Video Summary

The video discusses capnography for sedation monitoring, showing various tracings to illustrate different scenarios. The first tracing demonstrates what happens when someone retains carbon dioxide (CO2). The next tracing portrays the normal capnography of a person breathing normally, while the third tracing shows an asthmatic individual with a prolonged expiratory phase. Finally, the video demonstrates how capnography can indicate a patient losing perfusion and progressing into cardiac arrest. Through capnography, earlier indicators of hypoxemia can be detected, providing warning signs before it worsens. No credits were mentioned in the transcript.

Keywords

capnography

sedation monitoring

carbon dioxide retention

asthma

hypoxemia