VENTINOVA MEDICAL ventrain Mode D'emploi page 9

Operating instructions
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Figure 1: Views on Ventrain
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1 Pre-oxygenate the patient (if possible)
2 When no suitable ventilation lumen is intubated, insert a catheter
according to its user instructions.
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Connect the oxygen tubing of Ventrain
4 Connect the capnometer to the side port next to the catheter
connection or, when using no capnometer, make sure the cap is
tightened.
5 Open the oxygen supply and set a relatively low initial flow (rule
of thumb: start with 1L/min per year of age with a minimum of
2 L/min and a maximum of 15 L/min). In case of ventilation of a
collapsed adult lung use an initial flow of 4 L/min.
6 Hold Ventrain
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no oxygen is flowing into the lungs and almost no gas is sucked
out.
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in the equilibration position as shown in Figure 2:
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to the oxygen supply.
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