Braun Infusomat Space P - 3.4 Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA)

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Chapter 3
SPECIAL FUNCTIONS
3.4 Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA)
For PCA a drug list with at least one drug activating the profile PCA is
necessary. By this the conditions for an effective and safe therapy are defined.
Switch on pump with
o and wait until self-check is finished. Depending on
the settings the choice of a drug is offered direcly or the pump is in “Main
Menu”.
Select “Special Functions” with
t from “Main Menu” and confirm with l.
Select drug list, category and desired drug by using
q.
The therapy can be started now with
sf in case all values are defined.
Depending on the pre-defined settings the therapy is started with an initial
bolus and a basal rate or not.
Before leaving the patient the pump should be put into DataLock level 3 with
q in Menu “Options”. This is necessary especially in case non-authorised access
to the settings can be anticipated.
The code is entered with
q and confirmed with k.
In this state the patient is allowed to demand boli. Depending on the status of
the therapy these are either administered or denied. Changing the disposable is
also possible by using the code for level 1 or level 2. Altering the settings for
PCA or other therapies however is only possible with the code for level 3.
The status of the therapy can be checked in the menu „Status“ .
Enter the „Main Menu“ with
c and select the “Status“ with q.
After the selection the pump
offers additional drug related
Information which are confirmed
by
l.
Select profile PCA by using and
confirm with
t .The therapy set-
tings stored in the drug list are
displayed *.
The pump display now may look
like this.
*Bolus volume is the volume of a single bolus the patient may demand. Max. Limit is the amount of
drug or volume a patient may demand within a certain time in total. Lockout is the time in between
two boli.