Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP# 13791
Nurses will receive 1.00 contact hours for participating in this course.
District of Columbia Board of Nursing Approved Continuing Education program (CEBroker Provider #50-290).
Nurses will receive 1.00 contact hours for participating in this course.
Florida Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290).
Nurses will receive 1.00 contact hours for participating in this course.
In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Georgia Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290).
Nurses will receive 1.00 contact hours for participating in this course.
This program was approved by the South Carolina Board of Nursing Approved Continuing Education Program (CEBroker Provider #50-290).
Nurses will receive 1.00 contact hours for participating in this course.
West Virginia Board of Registered Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290).
Nurses will receive 1.00 contact hours for participating in this course.
This module is approved for 1.00 contact hours by Florida Board of Respiratory Care.
Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners - Respiratory Therapy (CEBroker Provider #50-290).
Respiratory Therapists will receive 1.00 contact hours for participating in this course.
Mississippi State Department of Health Bureau of Professional Licensure Respiratory Care Practitioners (CEBroker Provider #50-290).
Respiratory Therapists will receive 1.00 contact hours for participating in this course.
This program has been approved as non-traditional Continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE) credit by the American Association for Respiratory Care, 9425 N. MacArthur Blvd. Suite 100 Irving TX 75063.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Presentation
Capnography Terminology
Ventilation-Perfusion Relationship
Knowledge Check
Background on Monitors
Techniques for Measuring CO2
Mainstream vs Sidestream
Values in Capnometry
Knowledge Check
Normal Waveforms
Phases and What They Mean
Knowledge Check
Potential Causes of Abnormal Waveforms
Sudden Loss of Waveform
Decreasing ETCO2
CPR Assessment
Sudden Increase in ETCO2
Hyperventilation
Hypoventilation
Bronchospasm
Decrease in ETCO2
Knowledge Check
Where We Use Capnography
Equipment
Section 3: Conclusion
Course Contributor
Resources
References
Congratulations!
Staff Writer: Rebecca Smallwood, MBA, RNDara has been a respiratory therapist for nearly two decades working neonatal to geriatrics and trauma. Her career has been vast at the college, university, hospital, and business levels. Dara has been a program director of respiratory care, a director of clinical education for respiratory care, has taught in the classroom, hospital, and business settings. Dara's master's degree is in health care administration, and she has used this degree in her role of respiratory care manager in a rural state hospital in Hawaii. Dara is licensed to practice respiratory care in three states including Hawaii, California, and Colorado. Dara also teaches and writes classes for the school of business, health care administration division for Columbia Southern University.
Disclosure: Dara Legacy, MS, RRT, CRT, RCP has declared that no conflict of interest, Relevant Financial Relationship or Relevant Non-Financial Relationship exists.
Rebecca Smallwood, MBA, RN, has extensive experience across a wide spectrum of healthcare settings including: rural and urban acute care hospitals, public health, ambulatory surgery, higher education, and commercial healthcare learning organizations. Her roles have included: medical/surgical, ED, and OR staff and charge nurse; Director of School Health Services/school nurse; Public Health Epidemiology and Bioterrorism Preparedness Specialist; Infection control practitioner; Quality Management Specialist; Organizational Development Specialist; and Educator. Prior to joining Relias as a SME writer, she provided healthcare learning and development consultation to Swank Healthcare and was the Director of Education Services for Health.edu, a division of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Rebecca earned a diploma in nursing from Methodist Hospital School of Nursing in Lubbock, Texas and an MBA from Wayland Baptist University. Disclosure: Rebecca Smallwood, MBA, RN has declared that no conflict of interest, Relevant Financial Relationship or Relevant Non-Financial Relationship exists.