Invasive blood pressure (IBP)
316 Instructions for use – Infinity Acute Care System – Monitoring Applications VG6.n
Starting wedge measurements from the pods
To start a wedge pressure measurement
1 Press the Wedge key (A) on the Hemo2 pod,
Hemo4 pod, or the MPod – QuadHemo. The
message Inflate balloon. Press "Wedge" to
Start. appears on the Cockpit.
2 Press the Wedge key (A) again to start.
– PA alarms are deactivated temporarily.
– The message Wedge in progress appears
on the Cockpit and the measurement be-
gins. A PWP value is displayed at the bot-
tom of the Wedge page on the Cockpit with-
in 10 seconds. The message Deflate bal-
loon and press "Save wedge" to finish
appears.
3 Press the Wedge key (A) again to save the
value. The following happens on the Wedge
page of the Cockpit (see page 317):
– The message IBP appears in the message
field.
– A new PWP value calculated during the next
10 seconds appears. An attention tone
sounds at the end of the calculation when
the corresponding feature is activated (see
page 445). Also, the message Deflate bal-
loon and press "Save wedge" to finish
appears in the message field.
– The PA and reference waveforms are
stopped, and the message Waveforms
stopped appears above the PA scale in the
display window.
– After a successful wedge measurement, the
PA waveform resumes its previous size and
sweep speed. PA systolic and diastolic val-
ues are displayed again, and PA alarms are
restored to the values before entering
Wedge mode.
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