Respiratory Therapy - ABG Interpretation - Respiratory Alkalosis

In this video we breakdown the various stages of respiratory alkalosis. Also, how to recognize when a chronic CO2 retainer is hyperventilating. Hope you enjoy and learn something.

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[heidnaldodasilva]

This professor is amazing! Now I understand this topic due to his lecture.

[savannahdavis]

Love love love you! Thank you so much for the in-depth explanations of how these conditions occur and why. You are awesome! My respiratory class loved all your videos!

[poenze]

I love watching your videos. It is very helpful especially doing it one topic at a time help me to grasp the information better which help me becoming a better skilled RRT! Thank you! Keep up the great job!

[Lungs]

I enjoyed this because I learned some new info with the AAH…and the question was a good one and I’m happy that I was thinking it was D.

[OnlyCatsMatter]

I’m an ICU RN and I came here to my fabulous RRTs(and student RRTs) for an even better understanding of VBG/ABG. Y’all are amazing….we couldn’t do it without you…especially right now.

[YolandasLifeVlogs]

But then you'll have some docs, nurses or therapist saying nooo no oxygen because they are a COPD patient. Anyhoo
I subscribed to your channel. I've been an RT for 9 years now and have trouble remembering things I've been taught so watching your channel is helping me. But also my problem is second guessing myself.

[staceyevans]

LOVE the AAH part. New info for me and I'll look smarter! Well, hopefully LOL

[maxlie]

hi, excuse me if it was a silly question, I am the fresher in medicine. related to the last scenario, why do you say the pt is hyperventilating while his co2 is higher than normal? Isn’t the pt is experiencing metabolic alkalosis, so we need to treat him by medicine.

[derekdixon]

When your presented with a chronic COPD, how to do you give them Ipap and Epap setting?

[ValentinanSantinamommy]

Chronic umm perfect ph with high co2 and high bicarbonate my copd patients. I had one last week with co2 125 after she has been on bippa for an hour. At 125 she was smiling and happy like all was great..

[jkl]

So for that CVF COPD patient that has a high CO2 and it becomes superimposed on AAH we would mechanically ventilate them and reduce his or her breathing rate to increase co2 back to their normal? (And their not hypoxemic)

[qiaoyanfang]

very very helpful and pratical，thank you

[ValentinanSantinamommy]

Uncompensated respiratory alkalosis with severe hypoxemia. That’s a chronic retainer and they have low PAO2 a little oxygen 2L cannula. Once you fix the oxygenation problem the patient will probably get back to baseline.

If they go too long and the co2 goes on rising and the work of breathing really bad I would use bipap to help with the work breathing and give them a little oxyen alone with help to bring the co2 down. These patients decompensated so quick they wait till the last minute to come to the hospital.

[BoricuaQueen]

Can you show us what vent changes (if any) can be made based off these examples? Thank you :D

[tiffanidazzo]

How would you fix a patient that is hyperventilating in respiratory alkalosis at a subacute where you don't have capabilities at the hospital does

[rawanald]

is there chronic patient lives with low co2? unlike copd, they live with high co2

[Wilma]

I got my blood work back and the co2 was 21. All my dr said was you need a sleep test. I don’t hyperventilate so a lot of this doesn’t make sense.

[ireneray]

I'm being diagnosed with respiratory alkolosis...but not treatment has been given so far...it causes hyperventilation and syncope...kindly suggest who should I go to? Is the condition serious? How do I get it treated? Please help asap..thanks

[xyphor]

Dude, thank you so much. I’m doing a lot of review for my TMC coming up, and this is so helpful. Blood gasses give me trouble at times.

[lizl.]

Tricky initially cos I paused it after the choices have been given and assumed I didn't know any other data hehe.