Nellcor UK Training Programme

Nellcor is a division of Tyco Healthcare

Part 1 - Introduction

Introduction
Objectives
Review of Oxygen Transport Physiology
How Oxygen enters the blood
How Oxygen is carried in the blood
Total Oxygen content
Arterial Oxygen Saturation
Anaemia

Part Two

Oxyhaemoglobin Dissociation Curve
2,3 DPG
Shifting of the ODC
Hypoxaemia
Hypoxaemia: New Terminology
Patients at risk for Hypoxaemia
Hypoxaemia: Clinical & Economic significance
Hypoxaemia: Traditional Assesment

Part three

Technology
Accuracy
Inovations in technology
SAT seconds alarm management
Optimizing Pulse Oximetry
Detection of Hypoxaemia
Sensor selection & use
Maintenance and care

Part Four

Test
References

Accuracy of Pulse Oximetry

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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)

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Blood Tests and Point Of Care diagnostics

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