Ventilator desaturation
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- Immediately disconnect from ventilator (allows for expiration of stacked breaths)
- "DOPE" Mnemonic
- D - Displacement of tube
- Attach end-tidal CO2 to verify
- O - Obstruction of tube
- Use suction catheter
- P - Pneumothorax
- Verify via US
- E - Equipment failure
- Connect to BVM
- S - Stacked breaths
- Disconnect from ventilator
- D - Displacement of tube