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Patient Monitor User Manual Monitoring CO
2
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status.
2
To avoid infection, use only sterilized, disinfected or disposable airway adapters.
3
Inspect the airway adapters prior to use. Do not use it if airway adapter appears
damaged or broken. Observe airway adapter color coding for patient population.
4
Periodically check the flow sensor and tubing for excessive moisture or secretion
buildup.
16.3.3.2 Removing Exhaust Gases from the System
WARNING
Anesthetics: when using the mainstream CO
2
measurement on patients who are
receiving or have recently received anesthetics, connect the outlet to a scavenging
system, to avoid exposing medical staff to anesthetics.
Use an exhaust tube to remove the sample gas to a scavenging system. Attach it to the
mainstream sensor at the outlet connector.
16.4 Setting CO
2
Waveform Setup
Select the CO
2
waveform area to open the CO
2
waveform menu:
Set Mode to Curve or Filled as your desire.
Set Sweep to an apprioate value from the pop-up list. The bigger the value is, the quicker the
speed is.
16.5 Setting CO
2
Corrections
Temperature, water vapor in the patient’s breath, barometric pressure, and the proportions of O
2
,
N
2
O and Helium in the mixture all influence CO
2
absorption. If values seem inaccurately high or
low, check that the monitor is using the appropriate corrections. There are Baro Press, O₂
Compens, Balance Gas and Anes Agent in the Other Setup menu of the CO2 Setup menuand
the user can select thedesired item.
16.6 Changing CO
2
Alarms
This refers to CO
2
specific alarms. See the Alarms section for general alarm information. To
change the alarm, please refer to the following steps:
1. Select the CO
2
Setup menu;
2. Select EtCO
2
Alarm Setup, FiCO
2
Alarm Setup or AwRR Alarm Setup to adjust the
alarm limit. About how to adjust the alarm limit, please refer to section Setting alarm limits.
16.7 Changing Apnea Alarm
This determines the time limit after which the monitor gives an alarm if the patient stops
breathing.
1. Select the CO
2
Setup menu to open it;