Diamedica Glostavent Helix Manual

Glostavent
®
GLOSTAVENT® HELIX ANAESTHESIA SYSTEM
Daily Set Up & Test Procedure
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Ventilation
Back Up
Diamedica (UK) Ltd
Grange Hill Industrial Estate
Bratton Fleming
Barnstaple, Devon
EX31 4UH, United Kingdom
Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]
Email: [email protected] www.diamedica.co.uk
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Glostavent
®
Daily Set Up & Test Procedure
Vaporiser: Confirm lever moves
freely (if the lever is stiff the
vaporiser should be cleaned)
Confirm vaporiser contains agent
(tapping the side of the vaporiser
will cause the liquid level to move
making it easier to see)
Switch on mains power
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The UPS will go into ‘Bypass’ mode a few seconds after being switched
on.
Press the right hand button and hold until the machine beeps.
Wait a few seconds until the screen shows ‘Line’ mode. The UPS is now
ready.
To switch it off push the second button from the right and it will go back
to ‘Bypass’ mode and turn off when unplugged.

Daily Set Up & Test Procedure
If oxygen cylinder is fitted,
turn on oxygen cylinder
Confirm contents of cylinder
Test oxygen flow meter over full range.
Switch off the flow meter, turn cylinder off.
Switch on oxygen concentrator, alarm sounds for
five seconds and then stops.
Yellow light indicates oxygen concentration has
not yet reached 85%. It should go out after
approximately ten minutes.
Test oxygen flow meter over
the full range. Leave the flow
at 2 litres per minute as the
concentrator does not like
trying to produce oxygen when
it is not being used.
Test air flow meter over the full
range. Leave the flow meter
switched off.
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Daily Set Up & Test Procedure - Ventilator
Set rate to 10
breaths per minute.
Switch on the ventilator,
confirm it works.
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B
A
Close down the bellows to zero
Attach a one litre reservoir bag to circuit.
Squeeze the self-inflating bag to
demonstrate expansion of test lung
(A)
and simultaneous movements of the
reservoir bag on the panel (B).
Set the tidal
volume to 600ml
Adjust tidal
volume lock as
required

Daily Set Up & Test Procedure
Disconnect test lung.
Confirm low pressure
disconnect alarm flashes
followed 20 seconds later by
continuous red light and
audible alarm.
Reconnect test lung and
wait for
alarm to stop.
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