Course Objectives: On completion of the course, a participant will be able to:
- Identify and list normal arterial blood gas values
- Review the body’s mechanisms of compensation for acid-base imbalance
- Identify the limitations of ABG monitoring
- Gain knowledge for a stepwise approach for interpretation of ABGs
- Classify various types of acid-base disorders
- Categorize blood gas results by acid-base and oxygenation status
- Integrate new blood gas interpretation skills with a real-life case scenario