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• Understand the technique for properly drawing arterial blood for blood gas analysis
• Review the pre-analytical considerations to minimize potential sources of error of patient results
• Identify suitable anticoagulants for arterial blood gas samples

Complimentary educational credit opportunities for physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and lab personnel

• What is VTE, DVT, and PE, and what are the risk factors?
• Clinical perspective: Diagnosing VTE and PE with laboratory and radiological tests
• How can D‐dimer help exclude PE diagnosis?
• How laboratory‐quality results closer to the patient can help improve the patient experience

Christopher Price, Ph.D, FRCPath, FRSC, FACB - Visiting Professor in Clinical Biochemistry at the University of Oxford; Clinical Director of the Cumbria and Lancashire Pathology Commissioning Network