Specialties Critical
Published May 10, 2015
Lev, MSN, RN, NP
4 Articles; 2,805 Posts
Anyone know of a good online video or tutorial on a-lines?
NotReady4PrimeTime, RN
5 Articles; 7,358 Posts
What in particular are you looking for?
How to set up the art line- tubing, flush, which way to turn stop cock and when etc and how to draw blood from the art line. which port to use, what to do with flush etc..
MunoRN, RN
8,058 Posts
Are you looking for how to set up pressure transducing tubing in general or how arterial set-ups are different than a CVP or PA?
icuRNmaggie, BSN, RN
1,970 Posts
Arterial line and Intra-arterial blood pressure monitoring
The video is at the end and it is very good.
CCN : Critical Care Nurse
Info on waveforms.
Arterial line and Intra-arterial blood pressure monitoringThe video is at the end and it is very good.
Thank you maggie, this is just what I'm looking for and the video uses the same tubing we do.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=6&ved=0CCsQtwIwBQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fm.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Do7iC8GCUAJU&ei=OO5PVdjRO86KyASMwoDACA&usg=AFQjCNEgFP2E5YdWREzWnJBsu1lwztDApQ
RT student demonstrating the steps to draw from an aline at 2:00.
A new sterile end cap should be placed after each draw if available.
Thank you. Very helpful.