Patient Monitor User Manual Monitoring IBP (Optional)
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5. Position the transducer so that it is at the same level with the patient’s heart, approximately
mid-axillary line.
6. Check if you have selected the correct label name. See the next section for details.
7. Zero the transducer. See the next section for details.
WARNING
If there are air bubbles in the tube system, you should flush the system with the solution
again. The bubbles may cause erroneous pressure readings.
1: Normal Saline with Heparin; 2: Distal end to patient; 3: 3-way stopcok; 4: Pressure transducer
interface cable; 5: Monitor; 6: Pressure transducer.
Figure 17-1 IBP Monitoring
17.4 IBP Menu
Pick the IBP hot key on the screen to access the IBP SELECT menu shown as follows:
Figure 17-2 IBP SELECT Menu
Power
Charge
Main Freeze
Silence Record
Start
Menu