DATREND Systems vPad-IV, Operating Manual

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vPad-IV OPERATORS MANUAL
mbar
millibar
ml milliliter
ml/h milliliter per hour
mmHg
millimeters of mercury
Module A unit which measures flow, volume, pressure and time. There may be
up to six Modules in a vPad-IV system. One of the Modules will always
be the Controller Module. See also "Channel" and "Controller".
PCA Patient-Controlled Analgesia, a method of enabling a patient to
administer their own pain relief by means of a programmable infusion
device which responds to the patient's control. An overriding delivery
schedule is programmed into the PCA pump by the prescribing clinician,
so that overdose is prevented.
Piggyback infusion
A delivery schedule which may be programmed into some infusion
devices, comprising infusion of primary and secondary doses. The
piggyback delivery begins with infusion of the preset dose of secondary
medication, which is then followed by infusion of the primary medication.
See also "primary" and "secondary" dose.
Primary dose A preset amount of primary medication to be delivered as part of a
piggyback infusion. The primary medication is dispensed after the preset
dose of secondary medication has been delivered. See also "piggyback
infusion" and "secondary dose".
Priming
The act of preparing a vPad-IV module for use, purging air within the
module by filling it completely with water.
psi
Pounds per square inch
Occlusion pressure The maximum pressure which can be developed by an infusion device
when delivering into an IV line that has been completely blocked or
occluded. Most infusion devices will stop pumping and produce an
audio-visual alarm if the occlusion pressure limit is reached or exceeded
during a delivery.
Secondary dose
The secondary medication to be delivered as part of a piggyback
infusion. The infusion device delivers the preset secondary dose first,
after which the infusion device automatically changes the rate and
begins delivery of the primary medication. See also "piggyback infusion"
and "primary dose".
Set
A single-use assembly of plastic tubing through which an infusion device
will deliver medication or other solution to a patient. Sets may be specific
to the make and model of infusion device with which they are used, and
may include various components such as clamps, valves, chambers or
"cassettes" and so on.
Stopcock A tee-shaped fluid connector providing a rotatable control to connect two
of the available ports while blocking flow from the third port.
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