Cardiohelp System Preparation and Installation 1 Open Safety Bar. Connect Integrated Sensor Cable and 3 Attach sampling lines if desired and close all stopcocks. Flow/Bubble Sensor. Connect Venous Probe and place Secure all 3 Luer lock connections, but leave the yellow probe in stand-by position attached to the safety bar.
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5 Close the Safety Bar. Place table tray on the Cardiohelp. 8 Hang the Prime Bag on the IV Pole ensuring that the Inlet and Outlet are unobstructed and not folded over. Close 2 Stopcocks at top of the bag and close the Clamp on the Blue Line of Prime Bag.
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10 Make sure there is at least 60 cm (2 ft) between the top 11 Remove the sterile protection “stubs” from the lines. of the Cardiohelp and the bottom of the Prime Bag. Connect the blue line from the Prime Set to the blue line of the Table Set.
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15 With the tubing free of liquid, zero all pressures 12 Switch on the Cardiohelp. Check battery charge. and P Select desired thApp. ----- ----- ----h:-- min 17.8 ----- 13 Activate Global Override (while pressing ----- press ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----...
Cardiohelp System Priming the System 17 Open the Clamp on Blue Line to passively prime the Set. 19 Reduce speed to 0 rpm for at least 5 seconds. Reset the flow/bubble sensor. Tap the tube and the HLS Module with your hand to remove gas bubbles. -0.04 18 Once the flow stops, set speed to 3000 rpm for 2 min.
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21 Close the de-airing membrane with the yellow cap. 23 Clamp downstream of the Flow/Bubble Sensor and calibrate the Flow/Bubble Sensor. Remove the down- stream Clamp. Step-1 22 Using Metal Clamps, clamp the symbol on the red and blue lines. 0.00 Step-1 24 Deactivate Global Override mode.
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25 Close all Integrated Tubing Clamps and separate the Prime Bag from the Table Set by disconnecting the quick connects. Connect the red and blue lines of the Table Set. C A R D I O H E L P S E T U P G U I D E...
Cardiohelp System Connecting to the Patient 26 Non-sterile Person: open the Table Set. Sterile person (for all following steps in this section) 27 Clamp the red and blue tubes close to the clamp symbol. Disconnect the two quick connects and remove the lines and bring it into the sterile field.
Cardiohelp System Starting and Ending Perfusion Starting Perfusion Ending Perfusion 30 Optional: After the set has been connected to the 34 Reduce flow if needed and clamp red and then blue line. patient, attach the venous bubble sensor to the blue line as near to the patient as possible.
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Getinge is a registered trademark of Getinge AB, its subsidiaries, or affiliates in the United States or other countries • Cardiohelp is a registered trademark of Maquet Cardiopulmonary GmbH • Copyright 2020 Getinge AB or its subsidiaries or affiliates •...
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