GE CARESCAPE - Respiration measurement setup; Respiration equipment to patient connection; Preparing the patient’s respiration electrode sites; Respiration lead and breath detection

Impedancerespiration
Respirationmeasurementsetup
Respirationequipmenttopatientconnection
1.ModulewithECGmeasurementcapability
2.AAMI/AHAorIECMulti-Link3/5-lead,6-lead,or12SLECGcable
3.AAMI/AHAorIEC3-leadwire,5-leadwire,or6-leadwireset
4.AAMI/AHAorIECprecordialleadsleadwireset
Preparingthepatient’srespirationelectrodesites
Excessivebodyhairorskinoilreduceselectrodecontactwiththeskinanddecreases
thequalityofelectrodesignal.
Whenpreparingtheelectrodesites,avoidobviouslayersoffatandmajormuscles.
1.Shaveanyhairfromtheelectrodesite.
2.Gentlyrubthesurfaceoftheskintoincreasecapillarybloodow.
3.Cleantheskinwithalcoholoramildsoapandwatersolutiontoremoveskinoil
anddeadorabradedskincells.
4.Drytheskincompletelybeforeapplyingtheelectrodes.
Respirationleadandbreathdetection
RespirationleadsidentifytheECGleadsusedforrespirationmeasurement.Each
respirationleadissuitedforspecicbreathdetectionconditions:
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