Anesthesia Machine - Quiz 1 Flashcards
Non Electric Devices
- Mechanical flowmeter,
- Scavenging
- Laryngoscope
- Variable Bypass Vaporizer
- Tec 4, 5, 7, Vapor 19, Vapor 2000
Electric Devices
- Vent
- Monitors
- Lights
- Digital Flowmeter
- Air warming blankets
- Gas/Vapor blenders
- Suprane Tec 6
- Aladin Cassettes in ADU or Aisys
PSI of High Pressure System
750 - 2200 PSI
What are the high pressure systems on the AGM?
- Cylinders
- Hanger Yoke
- Yoke block with check valves
- Cylinder pressure gauge
- Cylinder pressure regulator
When are the cylinder supplies opened or used?
When they are checked, when pipeline supply is unavailable, and in emergency situations
PSI of oxygen cylinder
1900-2200 PSI
Capacity of oxygen cylinder
660L
PSI of nitrous oxide cylinder
745 PSI
State of nitrous oxide in cylinder
Gas and Liquid
Nitrous oxide cylinder capacity
1600 L
PSI of air cylinder
1800 PSI
Capacity of air cylinder
600 L
What is the Pin Index Safety System
- Unique arrangement of pins on each cylinder that matches to its inteded contents.
- Pin arrangement matches yoke holes where cylinders attach to the AGM
- Prevents misconnections
- Not 100% if pins are missing or more than 1 washer used
Most fragile part of cylinder supply
Cylinder Valve
Strutures of the Cylinder Valve
- Body
- Gas exit port
- Conical depression for securing screw
- PISS pins
- Safety relief devices
Function of safety relief device on a cylinder valve
Release cylinder contents in a controlled fashion
Safety Relief Device
- Frangible disk that bursts under pressure
- Valve that opens under extreme pressure
- Fusible plug made of Wood’s metal
Functions of Hanger Yoke
- Orients cylinder
- Provides gas tight seal
- Ensures unidirectional flow
- Contains Standard Filter
- Check valve to minimize transfilling
PSI of Intermediate System
40 - 50 PSI
What are Intermediate Pressure systems on the AGM
- Vent power inlet
- Pipeline inlet
- Check valves
- Pressure gauges
- Flow meter valves
- Oxygen pressure-failure device
- Oxygen second stage regulator
- Flush valve
Production, delivery, and storage of pipeline oxygen
Oxygen is produced by fractional distillation of liquid air.
Delivered to hospital and stored as liquid at 184 C
PSI of pipeline oxygen
50 PSI
(344 kPa)
How to interrupt pipeline supply or isolate leaks in case of fire
Shutoff valves in OR
Problems with Pipeline Supply
- Pressure loss/Excess pressure
- Cross-connection of pipelines
- contamination
- Leaks
- Theft of Nitrous Oxide
How is loss of pipeline oxygen pressure indicated and what happens?
- Pressure loss indicated by pipeline pressure gauge
- Oxygen low-pressure alarm sounds
- Fail-safe valves stop delivery of all other gases
Guideline for Oxygen Pipeline Failure
- Trust oxygen analyzer, don’t try to fix
- Turn on backup oxygen cylinder fully and disconnect pipeline
- Bag mask if inspire oxygen doesn’t increase
- Use low flow oxygen
- Turn off vent and bag manually
- Call for help, calculate remaining time on cylinder
- Find out details of problem and how long
- DO NOT reconnect patient to pipeline until tested
- Vent with oxygen source or room air via bag valve mask
Tasks of Oxygen in the AGM
- Proceeds to fresh gas flowmeter
- Powers oxygen flush
- Activates fail safe device
- Activates oxygen low-pressure alarm
- Compresses bellows of mechanical vent
Primary Valves of the AGM
- Free floating valve
- Ball and Spring valve
- Diaphragm valve
Free Floating Valves
- Moves in direction of gas flow (push)
- Prevents gas leakage out of system
- Found in DISS and dual hanger yoke systems
Ball and Spring Vavles
- YOU supply energy - may cause barotrauma
- Permits gas flow after connection is made
- (Plugging pipeline into wall)
- Oxygen flush
Diaphragm Valves
- Reduces pressure
- First stage regulator
- Second stage regulator
First stage regulator
One of two diaphragm regulators that reduce cylinder pressure to 40-50 PSI
Second stage regulator
One of two diaphragm vavles that reduce pressures from 40-50 PSI to 16 PSI
PSI of Low Pressure System
16 PSI
What are the Low Pressure systems on the AGM
- Flow meter tube
- Vaporizers
- Check Valves
- Common gas outlet
What supplies gas to High Pressure system?
Cylinders