Question

The physician orders ABG analysis to be done 12 hours after removing a chest tube from a client. Analysis reveals that the client�s partial pressure of arterial oxygen (Pao2 value is 90 mm Hg). What should the nurse do next?

Answer 1

In this case the partial blood oxygen level is low in the patient and thus creating problem to deliver oxygen from the lungs to the blood. So the low Pa02 value suggest breathing problems and or hypoxia in the patient. The nurse must immediately provide the patient with additional oxygen support for mechanical ventilation along with oxygen support. The nurse here must immediately provide the oxygen support to the patient and help with the blood oxygen level restoration.