Impedancerespiration
RespirationleadRL-LLelectrodeplacement
WhenmonitoringrespirationthroughtheRL-LLvector,useastandard5-or6-leadwire
electrodeplacement,exceptplacetheRLelectrodeonthefthintercostalspaceon
therightsideofthechest.ImpedancerespirationleadbetweenV5RandLLprovides
maximumrespirationsignalstrength,minimumnoise/artifactcontent,andminimum
cardiogenicartifact.
RL-LLvectorforabdominalbreather
IEC
AAMI/AHA
Electrodeplacement
N(black)
RL(green)
Fifthintercostalspaceonthe
right.
F(green)
LL(red)Lowerleftedgeoftherib
cage.
Respirationmeasurementchecks
NOTE
Thefactorydefaultsettingforrespirationmonitoringisoff.
Youneedtoturnrespirationonwhenthecableisconnected
tothepatient.
1.Checkthatthewaveformandparametervaluearedisplayedwhenthecableis
connectedtothepatient.
NOTE
Theremayalsobearespirationratevaluedisplayedinthe
CO
2
parameterwindow.Onlythevalueintherespiration
parameterwindowismeasuredfromtheimpedance
respirationsource.
Respirationmeasurementonthemonitorscreen
●Wheninspirationandexpirationmarkersareturnedon,thespikesinthewaveform
indicatedetectedinspirationandexpiration.
●AtextsimilartoAPN15sindicatesthevaluetowhichtheapneaalarmdelayisset.
Inthisexample,thevalueissetto15seconds.Itmeansthattheapneaalarmwill
activateafter15secondsfromthelastdetectedbreath.Thistextisnotdisplayed
whentheapneaalarmdelayissettothedefault(20seconds).
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