If the distal tip temperature reaches 43.5°C (110.3°F), the system shuts down.
You may need to restart it by pressing the On button.
WARNING
The Reconnect the Transducer error message is often caused by a poorly
seated transducer connector, but it could be caused by a failure in the Auto-Cool
safety logic. In the case of a logic failure, distal tip temperatures could reach
46.5°C (115.7°F) in hyperthermic patients (40°C to 41°C or 104°F to 106°F)
before the error causes scanning to stop. At this temperature, esophageal burns
may occur (see "TEE Transducer References" on page 263).
1. Turn the locking lever on the transducer connector counterclockwise, and
pull the connector out of the receptacle.
2. Reseat the connector in the receptacle and turn the locking lever clockwise.
3. Select the transducer and preset.
4. If the system does not resume imaging after the transducer has initialized,
shut down the system and then restart it.
Patient Care After a TEE Study
Follow your institutional guidelines for post-TEE studies. Additionally, you might
want to include the following recommendations in your guidelines as part of
your post-TEE study routine. These recommendations are neither exhaustive
nor restrictive, but are steps you might want to incorporate into your post TEE
exam routine.
• Inspect the patient’s throat for any bleeding.
• Examine the patient for postural hypotension or difficulty walking.
• Instruct the patient to contact you immediately if he or she experiences
any fever, chills, chest pain, or bleeding.
• Instruct the patient not to eat or drink for at least 2 hours or until
swallowing returns to normal after anesthesia has worn off. It is especially
important that the patient not ingest hot foods or fluids during this period.
• Follow up with a call to the patient the day after the a study to make sure
there are no complications.
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