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Controlled Rewarming Process
The Controlled Rewarming process starts at the moderate hypothermia
temperature. According to the rewarming algorithm, the system elevates
the patient's temperature to a Virtual Set Point (VSP).
For example: The patient’s core temperature is 33.5°C and the selected
step temperature elevation is 0.4°/60 minutes. The first step of the
process is to increase the virtual Set Point by 0.2°C: to 33.5 + 0.2 =
33.7°C for a period of 30 minutes.
Assuming that at the end of the 30 minutes period, the core temperature
has reached 33.7°C, the rewarming algorithm adds 0.2°C to the last
virtual set point and the new virtual set point is now 33.7°C + 0.2°C =
33.9°C for an additional 30 minutes, and so on, until the core temperature
reaches the target temperature.
Once the Core Temperature reaches the Target Temperature, the
CritiCool
®
MINI continues to stabilize the body temperature according to
the target temperature.
To Start Controlled Rewarming:
1. Touch MENU icon
.
2. Touch
Mode Select.
Figure 14: Rewarming Step on the Main Screen
