VitalsBridge Directions for Use (for US Government Customers)
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VitalsBridge
™
Overview
The VitalsBridge consists of a device that allows vital signs from the SimMan 3G or SimMan Essential to
be presented on a clinical vital signs monitor. It is intended to increase the fidelity of simulation for
users where they may view, interact, and control a vital signs monitor that is used in their clinical
practice. The VitalsBridge presents opportunities for high-fidelity simulations that involve critical care,
training and education on clinical monitoring, patient information systems testing, just to name a few.
The VitalsBridge is designed to function with commercially available vital signs monitors. It presents the
following vital signs on a clinical monitor: heart rate, respiration via Electrocardiogram (ECG)
impedance, plethysmography waveform, SpO
2
, capnography waveform, end-tidal CO
2
, non-invasive and
invasive blood pressure (arterial, central venous, pulmonary artery), and temperature. Vital signs cables
are usually connected to sensors attached to the patient. With the VitalsBridge, some of these cables
attach to the patient, and some are connected to the VitalsBridge device. Connectors for the respiration
via ECG impedance and SpO
2
have been pre-installed on the SimMan 3G/Essential manikin.
The VitalsBridge converts the digitized vital signs waveforms and numbers of the SimMan 3G/Essential
into signals that are compatible with a vital signs monitor. Compressed CO
2
gas is used for non-invasive
blood pressure and capnography to generate the signal. The vital signs created by the VitalsBridge are
controlled using the SimMan3G Instructor Application. Additional software is used to communicate vital
signs information between the SimMan 3G/Essential and the VitalsBridge.
