Three minutes into a cardiac arrest resuscitation attempt, one member of your team inserts an endotracheal tube while another performs chest compressions. capnography shows a persistent waveform and a petco2 of 8 mmhg. which is the significance of this finding?

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Jesus Pena

4 April, 09:16

Three minutes into a cardiac arrest resuscitation attempt, one member of your team inserts an endotracheal tube while another performs chest compressions. capnography shows a persistent waveform and a petco2 of 8 mmhg. which is the significance of this finding?

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Christina Hutchinson · Answer 1

I believe the significance of this finding is that Chest compressions may not be effective. Wave form capnography represents the amount of carbon dioxide in exhaled air, which assesses ventilation. It consists of a number and a graph. The number is capnometry, which is the partial pressure of CO2 detected at the end of exhalation.