Anesthesia Gas Machine Flashcards
Pipeline Supply
Bulk gases delivered to back AGM
Intermediate pressure
50psi
DISS/KISS
Cylinder Supply
High pressure
Requires pressure regulator to ↓45-50psi
PISS
Floating Valve
Unidirectional or check valves (FUCk) Interface b/w pipeline supply & AGM Opens & closes w/ pressure Allows gas to enter machine Promotes one-way flow & prevents backward flow into tank or pipeline
Ball & Spring
All or nothing
O2 flush 35-75L/min @ 50psi directly from gas supply to CGO (bypasses vaporizers ↓volatile agent delivered to patient → recall risk)
Diaphragm Valve
Pressure reducing ↓pressure to lower, constant
1st & 2nd stage regulators
Maintains constant gas flow w/o changing supply pressure
AANA Standard 6
Equipment
American Society for Testing & Materials
ASTM
Specifies minimum performance & safety requirements used in AGM design for human use to enhance patient/operator safety
FDA
Federal food, drug, & cosmetic act
Regulates medical gases contained in cylinders
US Pharmacopeia
FDA
Sets potency & purity standards
Department of Transportation
DOT
Cylinder design, construction, testing, marking, handling, filling, & transportation
Compressed Gas Association
CGA
Sets standards on safe practice
National Fire Protection Association
NFPA
Location, construction, & bulk systems installation
Critical Temperature
Temperature below which gas converted to liquid form by pressure
Oxygen -118°C
Safety Systems
- Color coding
- Key filler caps & ports
- DISS/KISS/PISS
- Interlock system
- Link 25 or hypoxic guard
- CO2 absorber
- Unidirectional valves
Safety relief devices to prevent rupture - Frangible copper disc
- Spring-loaded valve
- Fusible plug (Wood’s metal)
Pin Index Safety System
PISS
Holes in cylinder valve that corresponds w/ 2 pins in the hanger yoke
6 numbered positions
Hanger Yoke
Connects cylinder to AGM
Orients the cylinder
Provides unidirectional flow (floating valve)
Ensures gas-tight seal
Oxygen PISS
2 + 5
Air PISS
1 + 5
N2O PISS
3 + 5
Wood’s Metal
Safety pressure relief device
Fusible plug that melts at predetermined temperature to release gas from cylinder
Alloy w/ bismuth, lead, tin, & cadmium
Cylinder Labeling & Markings
Regulatory body DOT cylinder type & material
Serial number
Purchase, user, & manufacturer
Manufacturer’s number
Manufacturer’s identifying symbol
Re-test date, re-tester, ID symbol, 110% filling, 10yr test interval
Neck ring owners ID
Cylinder Construction
Walls 3/8” thick
Tested at 1.66x the service pressure
Interior hydrostatic pressure test at least 1x every 5yr
Adiabatic Compression/Expansion
Rapid compression (exothermic) heat liberation does not have time to dissipate
Things in vicinity or in contact w/ gas will heat up
Rapid expansion (endothermic) surrounding area will feel cold
OR insulated area where compression/expansion occurs ჻ heat trapped and unable to dissipate
Oxygen Cylinder
660L/1900psi
Ensure at least 1000psi
2 & 5
Green
N2O Cylinder
1590L/745psi
Critical temperature 36.5°C
3 & 5
Blue
Air Cylinder
625L/1900psi
1 & 5
Yellow