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Cardiacoutput
1.Selectthecardiacoutputparameterwindow.
2.SelecttheSetuptab.
3.SelecttheradiobuttonforAutomaticmeasurementtype.
4.Verifythatthecathetersettingsarecorrect.
5.SelecttheMeasurementtab.
6.Completethefollowing:
a.PDMandTRAM:Getreadytoinjecttheinjectatesolutionwhenthemessage
InjectWhenReadyappears.
b.E-modules:WhenthemessagePressStartC.O.Serialappears,selectStart
C.O.Serial.
7.Injecttheinjectatesolutionsmoothlywithin4to5seconds.
8.ThemessageMeasuringdisplays,followedbythemessagePleasewaituntil
thecalculationiscompleted.
9.Observethewashoutcurvedisplayedonthescreen.ThemessageC.O.Complete
displaysaftertheC.O.determinationhasbeenmade,followedshortlybythe
messagePleasewait.
Thecurvedisappearsfromthescreenwhenthenextmeasurementcyclecan
start.
10.TotakeanotherC.O.measurement,waitforthismessagetodisplaybefore
injectingtheinjectate:
●PDMandTRAM:InjectWhenReady
●E-modules:Injectnow!
TakingamanualC.O.measurement
MeasuringC.O.usingthemanualmodeallowsyoutodeterminewhentobeginthe
injectionprocedure.Thismodemaybepreferredforpatientswithextremeblood
temperatureuctuations,orwhentheautomaticmodeisunabletoestablishastable
baseline.
Holdingtheinjectatesyringebytheplunger,notthebarrel,improvesmeasurement
accuracy.
1.Selectthecardiacoutputparameterwindow.
2.SelecttheSetuptab.
3.SelecttheradiobuttonforManualmeasurementtype.
4.SelecttheMeasurementtabandverifythatthecathetersettingsarecorrect.
5.SelectStartC.O.
WithE-modules,youcanalsousetheStartC.O.modulekey.
6.WhentheInjectnow!messageappears,injecttheinjectatesolutionsmoothly
within4to5seconds.
7.ThemessageMeasuringdisplays,followedbythemessagePleasewaituntil
thecalculationiscompleted.
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