Equipment 8-090 - Capnometer

CMH EMS & MIH Protocols

Scope of Practice:

Registered Nurse

Paramedic

Indications:

All ALS patients with cardiac or respiratory complaints.

Contraindications:

None.

Precautions:

None.

Procedure:

Turn monitor on.

Attach capnograph probe (nasal cannula or ET tube) to patient and capnograph.

Observe readings. May need to instruct patient on nasal cannula to breathe out through their mouth.

Change Log:

Date	Link to previous version	Description of change
12/13/13		Modification to most documents to remove Capnography as a BLS skill, now is “assist ALS.”
12/15/13	pdf	Changed to ALS skill.
12/29/14	pdf	Moved Protocol 8-250 (Nellcor Capnometer) to this location and removed 8-250.
10/15/18	pdf	Moved precautions that pertained to pulseox to LifePak section.
07/04/20		Renumbered the section to allow for future additions.
07/12/20	pdf	Added content (without substantive modification) from old Section 8-032 - Capnometer.
06/11/21	pdf	Moved to emsprotocols.online

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