GE CARESCAPE ONE - About zeroing the invasive pressure transducers

Invasivepressures
2.Checkthatthemonitorrecognizescableconnections(activatesthedisplay)forall
thepressurechannelsusedandthepressurevaluesandappropriatewaveforms
aredisplayed.
Invasivepressuremeasurementonthemonitorscreen
Theinvasivepressurechannellabelsareasfollows.“X”indicatesthechannelnumber,
forexample,Art2.Throughoutthisdocument,whenaninvasivepressurelabelis
followedbyan“X”,the“X”representsthechannelnumber.
WiththeexceptionofPA,morethanonechannelcanhavethesamechannellabel,for
example,Art1andArt2.OnlyonechannelcanbelabeledPA.
Label
Description
ArtX
Arterialpressure
FemX
Femoralarterialpressure
FemVX
Femoralvenouspressure
PAX
Pulmonaryarterialpressure
CVPX
Centralvenouspressure
LAPX
Leftatrialpressure
RAPX
Rightatrialpressure
ICPX
Intracranialpressure
RVPX
Rightventricularpressure
UACX
Umbilicalarterialpressure
UVCX
Umbilicalvenouspressure
P1toP2
Non-specicpressurechannellabels
Usingtheinvasivepressuremeasurement
Invasivepressureanalogoutput
CARESCAPEONEsetstherstavailablearterialchannel(ArtX,FemX,UACX)for
invasivepressureanalogoutput.
●Iftherearenoarterialchannelsavailable,therstzeroedchannelwillbeused.
●Iftherearenozeroedchannelsavailable,aatlinewillbetheoutputoftheIP
Analogoutputchannel.
Aboutzeroingtheinvasivepressuretransducers
●Priortomonitoring,zerotransducersatthepatient’sphlebostaticaxis.Zeroingthe
pressuretransducersisveryimportantforaccuratepressuremeasurements.To
avoidinaccuratemeasurements,youmustzerothepressuretransducers:
￭Beforemeasuringinvasivepressures.
￭Beforeinitiatingtreatmentchangesreliantuponpressuresdata.
￭Whenusinganewtransducerortubing.
￭AfterreconnectingthetransducercabletotheCARESCAPEPressure.
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CARESCAPE ONE User Manual DRAFT 26 October 2017