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Capnography Waveforms
Sudden loss of waveform
 • ET tube disconnected, dislodged, kinked or obstructec
 • Loss of
Capnography Waveforms ... Sudden loss of waveform ... of circulatory function ... • Asthma • COPD ... #Waveforms #Interpretation
Capnography
Measurement of exhaled carbon dioxide can be used to confirm ETT placement, for safer procedural sedation,
• PETCO2 - End-tidal ... waveform is composed ... airway obstruction, copd ... #interpretation ... #waveforms #patterns
Cannot Intubate, Cannot Oxygenate (CICO) Checklist Mnemonic 

C - Call it and communicate it: 
- Communicate
(CICO) Checklist ... position with waveform ... capnography; ... patient; then suction ... Law #CICO #Checklist