Edward J Griffiths

Search and Rescue Winchman Paramedic, Medical Standards (South); Bristow Helicopters Ltd, Caernarfon. – Bristow Search and Rescue, Caernarfon Airport, Dinas Dinlle, Gwynedd

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SAR helicopter paramedic practice: EtCO2 measuring to assist with CPR attempts

EtCO2 is the concentration of CO2 in exhaled air, and approximates the partial pressure of CO2 in arterial blood (PaCO2). Values of PaCO2 usually range between 4.6-6 KPa (Valente, 2010; Pantazopoulos...