About This Course
Improperly set vacuum regulators can expose patients to vacuum pressures up to 15 times higher than recommended pressures for suction procedures. Higher than recommended pressures can cause suction induced injury, including derecruitment and tears to the delicate mucosal tissue in the stomach or trachea, leading to bleeding and potential infection. Research indicates that the prevention of suction-induced lung derecruitment is more clinically relevant than reversal of Acute Lung Injury (ALI) or Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrom (ARDS). Many clinicians, however, do not fully understand how they can help to prevent these complications through the proper use of vacuum regulators. This program discusses issues relative to suctioning and how the AARC Clinical Practice Guidelines help improve patient safety.
Presenter
Bill Lamb, BS, RRT, CPFT, FAARC.
Explain strategies to avoid hospital acquired infection.
Choose the contributing factors that are mechanisms of lung inflammation and damage in mechanical ventilation.
Understand how to prevent inadvertent over-suctioning, tissue trauma, and traumatic atelectasis.
Identify how current evidence based guidelines address patient safety issues relative to suctioning.
Identify actions the RT can take to enhance patient safety.
Approved CRCE Hours
1.00
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