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Posted on January 26, 2021 by Andreia Trigo

The Safe Sedation Podcast 4. The Shared Airway in Sedation Practice

https://anchor.fm/s/3944de6c/podcast/play/25743191/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2021-10-10%2F6a101e0e4314ada87d57f36a37eb14fe.m4aIn this episode Andreia Trigo, Martin Lees and Craig Cook talk about: Today’s episode is sponsored by Medtronic Capnostream monitoring. In today’s episode we’re talking about the shared airway in sedation practice. As more patients require less invasive procedures, performed under sedation, there is a specific challenge to consider in procedures where the airway is…

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Andreia Trigo

The Safe Sedation Podcast 3. Assessing and Managing the Airway

https://anchor.fm/s/3944de6c/podcast/play/24299060/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2021-10-10%2F1ba940e6f493a55ac7e4b8ae41be4e60.m4aIn this episode Andreia Trigo, Martin Lees and Craig Cook talk about: In today’s episode we’re talking about assessing and managing the airway. We’re going to talk about the importance of airway assessment in sedation practice and how to actually assess the airway. We’re also going to talk about airway obstruction as a common complication…

Posted on November 30, 2020 by Andreia Trigo

The Safe Sedation Podcast 2. Key aspects of capnography monitoring

https://anchor.fm/s/3944de6c/podcast/play/23177636/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2021-10-10%2Ff2023846f87bb8dbedda7f0f6d8a0a95.m4aIn this episode Andreia Trigo, Martin Lees and Craig Cook talk about: In today’s episode we’re talking about key aspects of EtCO2 monitoring. We’re going to talk about what it is, what equipment is required, how to interpret the data and use it to make clinical decisions. We’re also going to talk about what ventilatory…

Posted on October 28, 2020 by Andreia Trigo

The Safe Sedation Podcast 1. Levels of Sedation

https://anchor.fm/s/3944de6c/podcast/play/20401915/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2021-10-10%2F1f9f273526825df54a37da06a4e21be6.m4aIn this episode Andreia Trigo, Martin Lees and Craig Cook talk about: Definition of sedation Levels of sedation Skills and competencies Monitoring sedation Sedation scores Risk of respiratory compromise at each level Monitoring respiratory compromise with capnography The Capnostream35 monitor and the Microstream filterline sampling And we still answer two questions from our listeners! This…

Posted on January 29, 2019March 22, 2019 by Andreia Trigo

Medtronic team meeting: good collaborations making a difference in patient care

Today I had the pleasure of joining the Medtronic team meeting and collaborate on tackling respiratory compromise which still affects so many patients in hospital, being responsible for higher (and preventable) morbidity, mortality and associated costs. Education of nurses and doctors in sedation, drugs, capnography etc is crucial. As a nurse I’ve seen first hand…

Posted on January 11, 2019 by Andreia Trigo

Sedation Nurse Audit at Care Fertility Tunbridge Wells

Sedation Nurse Audit at Care Fertility Tunbridge Wells Care Fertility Tunbridge Wells have been at the forefront of developing the role of nurse sedationist for fertility procedures. Several members of the team have undergone the Safe Sedation Course with SedateUK and went on a mission of implementing best practice. In this audit they investigated the…