ANAESTHESIA

Understanding Arterial Blood Pressure Measurement

A clinical tutorial on the indications, insertion techniques, transducer setup, leveling, zeroing, and waveform troubleshooting for intra-arterial blood pressure monitoring.
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  • 1.5 hours
  • Shareable Certificate
  • Expert discussion

Course description 

This module covers the basic principles behind setting up, inserting and monitoring intra-arterial blood pressure.
Copyright perioperativeCPD (2023). This module is for information and education purposes only, it is not intended to be a policy or guideline. Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Reviewed by SURGhub, July 2024

This course is provided by:

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  • Specialty: Surgery
  • Subspecialty: Basic Anaesthesia: Postgraduate Core Training, Critical Care Nursing, Preoperative Nursing, Intraoperative Nursing, Postoperative Nursing
  • Target audience:All providers who have basic medical or nursing training, and will work in perioperative, operative, post operative and critical care settings.
  • Level: Intermediate
  • Language: English
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Learning objectives

  • To be able to identify the indications for arterial pressure monitoring and the risks
  • Describe sites and different methods of arterial cannulation
  • Know the correct procedure for setting up a transducer set
  • Understand how to maintain an arterial line including levelling and zeroing
  • Understand a correct arterial waveform and how to correct issues with it

Course structure 

  • This PerioperativeCPD course offers opportunities for CME/CPD activity.

SURGhub and PerioperativeCPD do not award CME credits directly. It is the responsibility of the individual participant to determine eligibility for CME/CPD credit through a locally-accredited provider. Participants are responsible for downloading and presenting the certificate of completion to a local accrediting body to claim self-directed CME/CPD credits.

Learners can record time spent on each tutorial and claim for CPD credit that corresponds with the extent of their participation.
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Course instructor

Paul Butler

Paul Butler is a clinical educator working for the NHS in Scotland and the lead educator for the open access website www.perioperativeCPD.com
Paul Butler

Paul Butler

Clinical Educator
NHS in Scotland and Lead Educator for perioperativeCPD.com

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