Capnography sampling-line obstruction
Educational use only. Not clinically reviewed45-year-old woman for Wrist fixation under brachial plexus block. About 5 simulated minutes.
What you will practise
- Cross-check the patient and independent signals before treating a flat capnogram as apnea.
- Preserve the stable respiratory trajectory while diagnosing the isolated monitor failure.
- Restore the carbon-dioxide sample path and confirm that the waveform returns.
Review and sources
Not clinically reviewed. No clinician has signed this scenario.
- Klein et al. Recommendations for standards of monitoring during anaesthesia and recovery 2021. Anaesthesia 2021;76:1212-23. PMID 34013531
- WFSA Minimum Capnometer Specifications 2021. Anesth Analg 2021;133:1132-7. PMID 34427566
Open Sim Lab is an educational simulator, not for clinical use. It is not a clinical decision-support tool, not a dosing calculator, and is not validated for any decision affecting a real patient.