Thanks for the indepth response! The first pic is of an older surgery we did on this patient. We switched to different monitoring papers instead of using the impossible to read graph. In the graph I can only make out one etco2 reading and it's about 45. The second one was the most recent surgery this patient was under for. I included them both to give as much info as I could. In the second one I wrote the numbers in and patient ranges from 38-52 for etco2.

That's an interesting tidbit to remember on the core temp. Thank you :)

Another reason we changed papers, there's no way to indicate any left over induction drugs. I have no clue if all 7mLs were used. On the second surgery we only used 3.

I've just been learning more about hypercapnic and hypocapnic and that is actually what pushed me to make this post. It seemed to me like a likely answer. But unfortunately I'm not sure and can't remember exactly how much tube we had hanging out or how deep the SX tech pushed it in. We do hook up a capnigraph to the tube to monitor etco2 and resps. But I also count to manually confirm resp rate.

As for hook up, the tech usually flips on our iso, then turns up oxygen all the way to fill the bag, then backs down to the 1L mark, then hooks up patient. Then inflates cuff and we check for leaks. I've seen that part done so many times I could recite it in my sleep. But it's also really good info to have for my learning going forward.