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A nurse is suctioning a patient's airway using in-line suctioning. When using this method, it is appropriate for the nurse to

A nurse is suctioning a patient's airway using in-line suctioning. When using this-example-1
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If a nurse (or paramedic :-) ) is suctioning a patient' airway using in-line suctioning, the best method would be to hyperoxygenate the patient before disconnecting the ventilator.

It's necessary to hyperoxygenate a patient before suctioning because they will be decreasing their oxygen in-take the longer the suctioning takes place. This allows the nurse/medic to have a little extra time to finish suctioning and only have to do it once.

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