12 - 2 BeneVision N1 Patient Monitor Operator’s Manual
• Never connect intra-arterial or intra-venous lines, or any other incompatible connectors to the NIBP
hose. This can cause serious injury or death.
• NIBP diagnostic significance must be decided by the hospital’s clinician staff.
• Only use parts and accessories specified in this manual. Follow the instructions for use and adhere to
all warnings and cautions.
• Accuracy of NIBP measurement depends on using a cuff of proper size. It is essential to measure limb
circumference and choose a cuff with proper size.
12.3 NIBP Measurement Limitations
Measurements are impossible with heart rate extremes of less than 30 bpm or greater than 300 bpm, or if the
patient is on a heart-lung machine. The measurement may be inaccurate or impossible in the following
situations:
â– Regular arterial pressure pulses are hard to detect
â– Excessive and continuous patient movement such as shivering or convulsions
â– Cardiac arrhythmias
â– Rapid blood pressure changes
â– Severe shock or hypothermia that reduces blood flow to the peripheries
â– On an edematous extremity
â– Obesity, where a thick layer of fat surrounding a limb dampens the oscillations coming from the artery
• The effectiveness of this sphygmomanometer has not been established in pregnant women,
including pre-eclamptic patients.
12.4 Measurement Modes
There are three NIBP measurement modes:
â– Manual: measurement on demand.
â– Auto: repeated measurements at set interval.
â– STAT: continual rapid series of measurements over a five minute period.
â– Sequence: continually automatic measurement at set durations and intervals.
12.5 NIBP Display
The NIBP display shows only numerics.
(3) (4) (5)
(10) (9)
(2)
(1)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(11)