Week 6: Anesthesia Monitoring Flashcards
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The purpose of monitoring
- Assist with data collection regarding patient’s physiologic status.
- Guide the administration of the anesthetic
-Enhance situational awareness
-Extend the senses
-Not a substitute for a qualified provider.
Standard I
Qualified anesthesia personnel shall be present in the room throughout the conduct of all general, regional, and monitored anesthesia care (MAC).
** the ASA and AANA standards for basic anesthetic monitoring.
Standard II
During all anesthetics, the patient’s:
- oxygenation, -
- ventilation,
- circulation, and
- temperature shall be continually evaluated.
** the ASA and AANA standards for basic anesthetic monitoring.
purpose of oxygenation monitoring
To ensure adequate oxygen concentration in the inspired gas and the blood during all anesthetics.
Methods to ensure oxygenation.
Inspired gas:
- Oxygen analyzer with LOW concentration limit alarm.
Blood oxygenation:
- Pulse oximeter with pitch and threshold alarm.
- Adequate visual inspection.
Purpose of monitoring ventilation
To ensure adequate ventilation throughout anesthetic
Oxygen concentration in the blood is objectively measured by a blood gas/ lab. That is the saturation of arterial blood gas, the ___________.
SaO2
FiO2 monitoring can be waived under certain circumstances – T/F?
True
** it is a monitor it is not YOU. Monitors themselves are not the providers.
As AANA stardard of care, BP cycles intervals should occur under _______ or less. What are the common options?
<5 minutes.
Options 2.5, 3, 5
Methods of ensuring adequate ventilation:
- Auscultation, reservoir bag, chest excursion .
- Quantitative measure of expired gas and capnography.
- Ability to detect disconnection from ventilator.
How to ensure adequate circulatory function during all anesthetics?
- EKG and HR,
- BP ( cycles cannot exceed <5 minutes)
- palpation of a pulse
- Auscultation of heart sounds.
- monitoring of a tracing of intra-aterial pressure.
- ultrasound peripheral pulse monitoring.
- pulse oximetry (also monitors HR)
The skin temperature monitor adjusts quickly but it only monitors the area where you place it at. T/F
False; not quick enough.
To aid in the maintenance of appropriate body temperature during all anesthetics when clinically significant changes in body temperature are intended, anticipated or suspected.
4 methods to achieve this:
Temperature monitoring.
- skin (least accurate)
- nasal
- esophageal
- pulmonary artery catheter (GOLD STANDARD)
Form of human error occurring when a practitioner is desensitized to alarms or alerts.
Alarm Fatigue
** deaths have been attributed to alarm fatigue.
AANA Practice ________ indicates that alarm limit parameters and audible warning systems should be used,
Standard V
** the ideal monitoring device should elicit the minimal number of false alarms.
Four Stages of Oxygen Transport
- Lungs **
- Arterial blood **
- Tissue
- Venous blood
How can you check lungs O2 (inspired/expired gas)?
- noninvasive:
noninvasive:
- FIO2 meter (fuel cell, polarographic, paramagnetic).
- Mass spectrometer
- Raman spectrometer
- Magnetoacoustic
** no invasive way
How can you check arterial blood O2?
- noninvasive:
-invasive:
noninvasive:
- pulse oximeter
invasive:
-intraarterial optode
-clarke electrode
How can you check tissue O2?
- noninvasive:
-invasive:
noninvasive:
- transcutaneous PO2
- niroscope
- cerebral oximeter
- skin color
invasive:
- organ surface PO2 (ex. liver, brain)
- intramuscular fiberoptic
How can you check venous blood O2?
-invasive:
Fiberoptic pulmonary artery oximeter (SvO2)
** no non-invasive way.
Oxygen Analyzers (FiO2 meters) goal:
Goal is to detect hypoxia or hyperoxia
Oxygen Analyzers (FiO2 meters) - what does it monitor?
Monitors the fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2) -controlled by CRNA.
where is Oxygen Analyzers (FiO2 meters) placed?
Placed in the inspiratory arm to ensure oxygen going to the patient
Fuel (_______) cell
Polarographic (_______) electrode.
Both are what type of analysis ?
Galvanic;
Clark
Electrochemical analysis