GE CARESCAPE ONE - Preventing care area pollution

CO₂
3.ConnectaLoFlosamplingaccessorytotheLoFloSidestreamModule.Ensurethat
theaccessoryisexposedtoroomairandawayfromallsourcesofCO
2
,including
theventilator,thepatient’sbreath,andyourownbreath.
4.SelecttheCO
2
parameterwindow.
5.SelecttheZeroingtab.
6.SelectZerotoroomair.
AstatusmessageZeroOKappearsintheZeroingwindowwhenthezerois
complete.Thismessagedisappearsautomatically.
7.ReconnectthepatienttoresumeCO
2
monitoring.
Preventingcareareapollution
WhenN
2
Oandvolatileanestheticsareused,preventcareareapollutionbyconnecting
thesamplegasoutlettothescavengingsystem.
Connectingtoscavengingsystems
Thegasexhaustmaybescavengedusingthescavengingadapterpackage.
1.Removetheexhausttubefromthepackage.
2.AttachtheconnectorendoftheexhausttubetotheLoFloSidestreamModule
exhaustport.
3.Installtheexhaustadapterintoanopenscavengingsystem,followingthe
manufacturer’srecommendedprocedure.
NOTE
Donotuseastrongvacuumscavengingsystem.
4.Drapetheexhausttubesothatitdoesnotinterferewiththeworkarea.
StoppingtheCO
2
measurement
1.Removetheaddedadaptersfromthepatient’sbreathingcircuitandgas
scavenging,orremovethecannulafromanon-intubatedpatient.
2.Checkthepatient’sbreathingcircuittoensureitisreassembledproperly.
3.RemovethesamplecellfromtheLoFloSidestreamModuleanddiscardthe
samplingkit.
4.RemoveallcomponentsofCARESCAPECO
2
fromtheCARESCAPEONEwhenit
isnotinuse.
BasicsofCO₂measurement
NormalCO
2
waveform
TheCO
2
waveformisreferredtoascapnogramanditreectsthedifferentstagesin
breathing.Thecapnogramofahealthypatientundercontrolledventilationhasa
normalshape.ChangesintheCO
2
waveformmayindicatecompromisedpatient
respiratoryand/orcirculatoryfunctionorimpropermechanicalventilatorfunctionality.
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