Respiration Measurement Setup; Preparing The Patient's Electrode Sites; Starting The Respiration Measurement - GE Portrait Hub01 User Manual

Impedance respiration
Do not use damaged sensors or respiration patches.
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Always check the patient and the measurement site if the accuracy of the
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respiration data is questionable.
Respiration rate may be shown as 0 without an apnea alarm if the patient's
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respiration frequency and amplitude are very low. Apnea alarm appears if there
are no detected breaths during user-configurable apnea alarm time.
Check that the electrode gel is not dry.
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Check the respiration patch expiration date.
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Check that the electrodes have good skin contact.
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Check the patient skin periodically for any signs of skin irritation. Replace the
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electrode patch at least every 72 hours and more often if you notice any skin
irritation. Always consider your hospital guidelines as well.
Patient skin preparation and electrode placement are important for measurement
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accuracy.
Intermittent mechanical ventilation: During spontaneous breathing the ventilator
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may at times support the patient's ventilation with an extra inspiration. If these
ventilator inspirations are substantially larger than the spontaneous breaths, the
respiration calculation may count only the inspirations and expirations produced
by the ventilator.

Respiration measurement setup

Preparing the patient's electrode sites

Excessive body hair or skin oil reduces electrode contact with the skin and decreases
the quality of the respiration signal. When preparing the electrode sites (especially
the skin below the electrode gel area), avoid bones close to skin, obvious layers of fat,
wounds, scar tissue, or major muscles.
1. Clip hair from the electrode site only if necessary.
2. Clean the skin if necessary. Use dry gauzes to remove skin oil and dead or
abraded skin. Always consider your hospital guidelines as well.

Starting the respiration measurement

The following steps describe the high-level sequence of starting the measurement.
Steps 3 to 6 can be done in any order, the sequence given is only an example. See also
the detailed instructions for sensor pairing and patient connections.
1. Admit the patient to the Central Viewer.
2. Assign the patient to the Hub.
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