GE CARESCAPE - Respiration measurement checks; Respiration measurement on the monitor screen; Using the respiration measurement; Turning on the respiration measurement

Impedancerespiration
Respirationmeasurementchecks
1.Checkthatthewaveformandparametervaluearedisplayedwhenthecableis
connectedtothepatient.
NOTE
Theremayalsobearespirationratevaluedisplayedinthe
CO
2
parameterwindow.Onlythevalueintherespiration
parameterwindowismeasuredfromtheimpedance
respirationsource.
Respirationmeasurementonthemonitorscreen
●Thespikesinthewaveformindicatedetectedinspirationandexpiration.
●PDMandTRAM:AtextsimilartoAPN15sindicatesthevaluetowhichtheapnea
alarmdelayisset.Inthisexample,thevalueissetto15seconds.Itmeansthatthe
apneaalarmwillactivateafter15secondsfromthelastdetectedbreath.
Usingtherespirationmeasurement
Turningontherespirationmeasurement
Therespirationmeasurementdoesnotstartautomatically,soyoumustselectiton.
1.Selecttheimpedancerespirationparameterwindow.
2.SelecttheSetuptab.
3.SelectRespirationMeasurement>On.
Selectingtherespirationlead
NOTE
TRAMandPDMonly.Inaddition,theRL-LLrespirationleadis
availablewithPDMonly.
1.Selecttheimpedancerespirationparameterwindow.
2.SelecttheSetuptab.
3.SelectleadI,II,orRL-LLfromtheselectionlistontheright.Leadselectionsare
presentedasgraphicalicons.
Selectingtherespirationwaveformsizemanually
1.Selecttheimpedancerespirationparameterwindow.
2.SelecttheSetuptab.
3.SelectavaluefromtheSizelist.
Thegreaterthevalue,thelargerthewaveformsize.
Selectingtherespirationwaveformsizeautomatically
NOTE
PDMandTRAMonly.
Youcanautomaticallysizethewaveformtottheavailablespace.
1.Selecttheimpedancerespirationparameterwindow.
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