GE CARESCAPE - Setting agent limit alarms; Gases alarm priorities; Preventing operating room pollution; Scavenging through the ventilator reservoir

Airwaygases
1.Selectagasrelatedparameterwindow.
2.SelecttheAgent/N2Otab>Setup.
3.SelectanoptionfromtheAgentSweepSpeedlist.Theoptionsare:0.625mm/s,
6.25mm/s,12.5mm/s,25mm/s,and50mm/s.
Thesmallerthevalue,theslowerthesweepspeed.
Settingagentlimitalarms
1.Selectagasrelatedparameterwindow.
2.SelecttheAgent/N2Otab>Alarms.
3.Checkthattherequiredalarm(EtAAorFiAA)ison,andsetitshighand/orlow
limitvalues.
Gasesalarmpriorities
YoucanselectprioritiesfortheCO2high/low,FiAAhigh/low,RR(CO2)high/low,and
Apnea(CO2)alarmsthroughAlarmSetup>AlarmPriorities>OtherParameters.The
choicesareMedium,High,andEscalating.
Preventingoperatingroompollution
WhenN
2
Oandvolatileanestheticsareused,preventoperatingroompollutionby
connectingthesamplegasoutlet(gasexhaust)ofthemoduletothescavenging
system.
Scavengingthroughtheventilatorreservoir
1.Connectanexhaustlinetothesamplegasoutlet(gasexhaust)onthemodule's
frontpanel.
2.Attachtheotherendofthelinetotheventilatorreservoir.Makesurethatthe
reservoirtubediameterisatleast2to3timeslargerthantheexhaustline.
Scavengingthroughtheanesthesiagasscavengingsystem
Anesthesiamachinesareequippedwithananesthesiagasscavengingsystem(AGSS),
andinsomemachinesyoucanconnectthesamplegasoutletdirectlytoit.Seethe
anesthesiamachine'suserdocumentationtondoutwhereandhowthesample
gascanbeconnected.
Connectingdirectlytothescavengingsystem
1.Connecttheexhaustlinetothemodule'ssamplegasoutlet.
2.Connecttheexhaustlineonlytoanopenscavengingsystemwheregasis
removedatroompressure.
NOTE
Donotconnectthemoduledirectlytoastrongvacuum
scavengingsystem.
NOTE
IftheE-miniCisused,donotreturnsamplegastothepatient
circuit.
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