The overall aim of this course is to prepare you for arterial line management and pressure monitoring.

On completion you will be able to:

• identify indications for an arterial line
• prepare a set prior to insertion
  
• support a clinician inserting an arterial line
  
• connect up an arterial line to a monitor for intra-arterial blood pressure monitoring
  
• sample safely from an arterial line
  
• care for a patient with an arterial line
  
• identify when and how arterial monitoring should be discontinued.