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5 Ventilator settings
TRC is active during exhalation in volume modes, and in both
inspiration and exhalation in the other modes. It is available for
neonatal, pediatric and adult patients.
Procedure: Enable or disable TRC and adjust the settings as
described:
1. Open the
Additions -> TRC
window.
Figure 5-8. TRC window
2. Select
ET tube
(endotracheal tube),
Trach tube
(tra-
cheostomy tube), or
Disable TRC
.
3. If you selected
ET tube
or
Trach tube
, adjust the
Tube
size
(tube ID) and
Compensate
settings. If the ET tube is
shortened, lower the
Compensate
setting.
4.
Confirm
the entire selection.
When TRC is enabled, this displays the orange tracheal
pressure waveform. Ptrach is shown with the yellow airway
pressure waveform, Paw (Figure 5-9), and
Et tube
or
Trach
tube
is displayed toward the bottom of the right-hand corner
of the Cockpit touch screen.
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