Nurse Role in the Implementation and Monitoring of ECCO2R
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13546-015-1153-4Keywords:
Intensive care unit, Environment, Design, Patient-centered careAbstract
We present an illustration of the nursing role in the implementation of extracorporeal CO2 removal, from the initial experience of an intensive care unit involved in this activity for 2 years. The medical device is presented, as well as the specific roles of caregivers in different stages of treatment: treatment work-up (assembly of the circuit, help to vascular access), monitoring of treatment, participation in the weaning process and end of the treatment.