Before Attaching a Transcutaneous Blood Gas Monitor Sensor to a Patient

question 21

Multiple Choice

Before attaching a transcutaneous blood gas monitor sensor to a patient, what should you do?
1) Provide a specified warm-up time and set the probe temperature.
2) Check the membrane and prepare a sensor with an adhesive ring and gel.
3) Prepare the monitoring site (remove excess hair and clean the skin) .

• A)1 and 2 only
• B)1 and 3 only
• C)2 and 3 only
• D)1, 2, and 3

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Definitions:

NADPH

A coenzyme involved in anabolic reactions and antioxidative processes, crucial for cellular energy metabolism.

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Reaction Center

A complex of proteins and pigments in chloroplasts or photosynthetic bacteria that initiates the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis.

Antenna Complex

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