PMS PROCEDURE (continued) NM2C
6.25B BELLOWS: PEDIATRIC INTERNAL - if applicable
6.25B.1 Set the ventilator frequency to 10 BPM.
6.25B.2 Set the I:E Ratio to 1:2.
6.25B.3 Turn the ventilator ON.
6.25B.4 Adjust the Inspiratory Flow control on the ventilator to Medium.
6.25B.5 Set the O
2
to 3 l/min.
6.25B.6 Occlude the 15mm patient side of the Y-piece and fill the bellows by
pressing the O
2
Flush button.
6.25B.7 Observe the absorber breathing pressure gauge as the ventilator cycles.
6.25B.8 What is the pressure when the bellows completes its downward travel?
___cmH
2
O >30
6.25B.9 What is the pressure when the bellows completes its upward travel?
___cmH
2
O ≤3
6.25B.10 Installa3Lbreathing bag onto the patient circuit Y-piece.
6.25B.11 Fill the bellows by pressing the O
2
Flush button.
6.25B.12 Adjust the O
2
flow to 10 l/min.
( ) 6.25B.13 What is the PEEP? ___cmH
2
O(≤3)
6.25B.14 Adjust the O
2
flow to 500 ml/min.
6.25B.15 Adjust the inspiratory flow control until the bellows collapses entirely.
( ) 6.25B.16 Does the ventilator deliver the full tidal volume during 5 consecutive
cycles? ___(Y)
6.25B.17 Set the ventilator frequency to 20 BPM, and the I:E ratio to 1:1.
6.25B.18 Adjust the O
2
flow to 3 l/min.
6.25B.19 Adjust the inspiratory flow control until the bellows collapses to the 100
ml mark on the pediatric bellows assembly.
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