Ventilator Setup; Changing Ventilator Mode; Changing Ventilator Settings; Optional Ventilator Procedures - GE Carestation 620 User's Reference Manual

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Carestation 620/650/650c (A1)

Ventilator setup

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Important

Changing ventilator mode

Changing ventilator settings

Optional ventilator procedures

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Use the Vent Mode menu to set the ventilation mode. Use ventilator
quick keys and More Settings to change ventilator settings.
Most anesthetic agents will cause patients to have
reduced ventilatory responses to carbon dioxide and to
hypoxemia. Therefore, triggered modes of ventilation
may not produce adequate ventilation.
• The use of neuromuscular blocking agents will reduce
the patient's breathing response, which will interfere with
triggering.
See the "Specifications and theory of operation" section for more
information on ventilation modes.
1. Select the Mode quick key. The Vent Mode menu shows.
2. Select the desired ventilation mode.
3. Set and confirm the primary ventilation setting to activate the
ventilation mode.
Controls that are frequently used in the ventilation mode can be
adjusted with the ventilator quick keys and the More Settings
quick key.
Change the ventilator settings for the ventilation mode when a case
is running.
1. Select the ventilation setting to be adjusted. Set the desired
value.
2. Push the ComWheel to activate the change.
See "Procedures" for more information on Vital Capacity and
Cycling procedures.
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