Airway modules
The optional compact airway modules measure and monitor gases
delivered to the patient and exhaled through the breathing circuit.
The modules consist of:
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An infrared sensor for measuring CO2, N2O, and anesthetic
agents.
• A paramagnetic O2 sensor.
• A gas sampling system with D-fend water separation system.
Systems with both an airway module and an O2 cell will display the
patient inspired O2 value obtained from the airway module.
Respiratory rate is the frequency of peak (end tidal) CO2
measurements per minute. A breath is defined as a change in the
CO2 signal that exceeds 1% (8 mmHg). All concentrations are
measured and displayed breath by breath.
Remove the airway sampling line for the patient’s airway
and seal the sample port while nebulized medications are
being delivered. Nebulized medications interfere with
accurate gas reading.
In the Spirometry menu, if the Data Source is set to Patient,
no Paw, Agent, or CO2 waveforms or numeric
information is displayed during the airway gas module
warm-up period (approximately 2 minutes). Set the Data
Source to Vent to display the waveforms and numeric
information from the ventilator during the airway gas
module warm-up period.
Leaks in the gas sampling circuit (water trap and
sampling line) may cause inaccurate readings.
Use only cables and accessories approved by GE
Healthcare Finland Oy. Other cables and accessories
may damage the system or interfere with measurement.
Single-use accessories are not designed to be reused.
Strong scavenging suction on the monitor exhaust port
may change the operation pressure of the monitor and
cause inaccurate readings or internal damage.
Use only airway modules that have anesthetic agent monitoring and
O2 monitoring on this system. Refer to the manual supplied with the
airway modules for detailed information on the modules. The
following modules can be used on this system:
• E-series: E-CAiO, E-CAiOV, E-CAiOVX (software version 4.5
and above).
• M-series: M-CAiO, M-CAiOV, M-CAiOVX (software version 3.2
and above).
• CARESCAPE series: E-sCAiO and E-sCAiOV.
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