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RespiPatient’s new CO₂ Kit provides real exhaled CO₂ for hands-on capnography training. IngMar Medical’s Clinical Educator, Amanda Dexter, MS, RRT, CHSE tells us all about it in the interview below.

Q: What is capnography and why is it important?

A: Capnography, or the measurement of CO₂ in an exhaled breath, is a critical topic for clinicians today, and is often a key determinant in the choice of treatment for patients experiencing respiratory distress.

Q: Is it true that the RespiPatient manikin can be used for capnography training?

A: Yes, that is correct. With the new CO₂ Kit, RespiPatient can produce real exhaled CO₂ – enabling more realistic, hands-on capnography training.

Q: Can you explain a how the new CO₂ Kit works?

A: The CO₂ Kit is created by a kit which works as an intermediary lung and operates with a “bag in a bottle” concept. The CO₂ injection is controlled from the RespiSim software where the user can select an output. Using CO₂ tanks (not included), a ventilator, and a real capnography monitor, RespiPatient is able to generate life-like capnographic waveforms for your students to analyze. Eighteen patient disease models from the ASL 5000 Scenarios Library, including adult and pediatric disease states, have been validated with the CO₂ Kit.

Q: If you had to sum up the importance of the CO₂ Kit in one brief statement, what would you say?

A: Capnography has become a standard of care in medicine. We are giving users the ability to simulate a patient’s realistic ventilatory status in hopes of guiding immediate and future treatment strategies.

Click here for more information about the CO₂ Kit for RespiPatient.