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10 Things Every Paramedic Should Know About CapnographyCapnography is the vital sign of tracking the carbon dioxide in a patient s exhaled breath, capnography enablesparamedics to objectively evaluate a patient s ventilatory status (and indirectlycirculatory and metabolic status), as the medics utilize their clinical judgement toassess and treat their One: The ScienceDefinitions:Capnography the measurement of carbon dioxide (CO2) in exhaled the numeric measurement of the wave Tidal CO2 (ETCO2 or PetCO2) - the level of (partial pressure of) carbon dioxide released at end of Versus VentilationOxygenation is how we get oxygen to the tissue.
A 2005 study comparing field intubations that used continuous capnography to confirm intubations versus non-use showed zero unrecognized misplaced intubations in the monitoring
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