GE CARESCAPE ONE - Setting CO2 limit alarms; Deactivating the apnea alarm

CO₂
1.SelecttheCO
2
parameterwindow.
2.SelectSetup.
3.SelectanoptionfromtheCO2SweepSpeedlist.Theoptionsare0.625mm/s,6.25
mm/s,12.5mm/s,25mm/s,and50mm/s.
Thesmallerthevalue,theslowerthesweepspeed.
SettingCO
2
limitalarms
1.SelecttheCO
2
parameterwindow.
2.SelectAlarms.
3.SelectPage1tosetthehighand/orlowlimitvaluesforEtCO2andFiCO2.Select
Page2tosetthehighand/orlowlimitvaluesforRespRate(CO2).
4.Selecttheparameterandthensetthelimits.
Deactivatingtheapneaalarm
NOTE
ThisfeatureismeanttobeusedwhenendingCO
2
monitoring.
ItshouldnotbeusedduringactiveCO
2
monitoring.
ThissettingcanbeenabledinCareUnitSettings.Careunitsettingsarepassword
protected.Ifithasbeenenabled,therewillbeaselectionintheCO
2
Setupmenu
thatallowsyoutodeactivatethealarm:
1.SelecttheCO
2
parameterwindow.
2.SelectSetup.
3.SelectDeactivateApneaAlarm.
WARNING
WithdeactivatedApneaalarm,keepthepatientunderclose
surveillance.
NOTE
Whenthealarmisdeactivated,therewillbenoaudibleor
visualApneaalarmindications.Thealarmisautomatically
reactivatedifCO
2
vitalssignsaredetectedandalarm
conditionismetagain.
NOTE
EtCO
2
,FiCO
2
,andrespirationratearenottrendedwhileapnea
isdeactivated.
Apneaalarmdeactivationwiththepauseaudiokey
ApneaalarmscanbedeactivatedwiththepauseaudiokeyiftheAllowalarm
deactivationfromtheparametermenufor:settingApnea(CO2/Imped.)isenabled
intheCareUnitSettings.Thissettingispasswordprotected.
NOTE
Thefollowingparametersarenottrendedwhileapneais
deactivated:EtCO
2
,FiCO
2
,respirationrate.
Formoreinformation,seethesupplementalinformationprovided.
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CARESCAPE ONE User Manual DRAFT 26 October 2017