GE CARESCAPE - Selecting the waveform speed; Selecting the waveform sensitivity; Relearning the respiration pattern; Turning on or off the respiration rate alarm

Impedancerespiration
2.SelecttheSetuptab.
3.SelectAutosizeWaveform.
Selectingthewaveformspeed
1.Selecttheimpedancerespirationparameterwindow.
2.SelecttheSetuptab.
3.SelectavaluefromtheRespSweepSpeedlist.
Thelowerthevalue,theslowerthesweepspeed.
Selectingthewaveformsensitivity
Breathdetectionaccuracymaybeenhancedbyincreasingordecreasingthe
waveformsensitivity.
1.Selecttheimpedancerespirationparameterwindow.
2.SelecttheSetuptab.
3.SelectavaluefromtheSensitivitylist.
Thelowerthevalue,thegreaterthesensitivity.
Relearningtherespirationpattern
NOTE
PDMandTRAMonly.
Ifthepatient’sbreathingpatternchangesaftertheinitiallearningprocesshastaken
place,itmaybenecessarytorelearn.Thereisnorespirationratedisplayedduringthe
relearningprocess.Whenrelearningiscomplete,theRelearnRespirationmessage
willclearandtherespirationratewillbedisplayed.Thedetectionthresholdandthe
waveformsizeupdateafterthenewrespirationpatternislearned.
1.Selecttheimpedancerespirationparameterwindow.
2.SelecttheSetuptab.
3.SelectRelearnRespiration.
Thedetectionthreshold(sensitivity)andthewaveformsizeupdateafterthenew
respirationpatternislearned.
Turningonorofftherespirationratealarm
1.Selecttheimpedancerespirationparameterwindow.
2.SelecttheAlarmstab.
3.SelectAlarmOnorAlarmOfffortheRespRate(Impedance).
IfyouselectAlarmOff,youcannotadjustthealarmlimits.
Settingtherespirationalarmlimits
1.Selecttheimpedancerespirationparameterwindow.
2.SelecttheAlarmstab.
3.SettheRespirationRatelimitswiththearrowselectors.
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