Conversations With Keith & Courtney: Functional Residual Capacity and Preoxygenation

In this week’s episode, Keith and Courtney discuss what Functional Residual Capacity (FRC) is, why we should understand this component of lung volume, and its role in patient ventilation and oxygenation. Have you considered that there is usually about one breath to every 4 or so heartbeats? This is exactly why understanding the FRC is so important. So take a deep breath, sit back and enjoy!

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“Conversations With” is a podcast by the Clinical Team at Burtons Academy. Both Keith and Courtney are experienced and knowledgeable in their field of veterinary anaesthesia, ventilation and monitoring and could talk all day about breaking down different concepts in anaesthesia so people felt like they understood the foundations of what they were doing in practice every day – so they simply hit the record button to capture these moments!