1. Learning
  2. Respiratory
  3. Earlobe Capillary Blood Gases
  4. Performance and Interpretation of ELCBG
  5. Performance of the test

Performance of the test Learning

Sub-tutorials

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Indications and Contraindications of ELCBGs

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Safe Sampling

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Patient consent

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PaO2, PaCO2 and pH electrodes

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Maintenance of a blood gas analyser

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Three phases of patient sampling

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Guidelines and Protocols of ELCBGs

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Test preparation

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Equipment required to perform an ELCBG

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Puncturing the earlobe

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Collecting the blood sample

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The Analytic Phase

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The Post-Analytic Phase

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Quality Assurance Procedures

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