Arterial line transduction set-up tutorial, Exercises of Life Sciences

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Arterial line transduction

set-up tutorial

Arterial line Set- up

1. Organize Equipment

2. Set up pressure bag &

prime tubing

3. Zero transducer to

atmospheric pressure

Pressure bag/ Priming

 Remove air from NS  Prime tubing (removing all air bubbles)  Replace vented caps (white) with non- vented caps (yellow)  Inflate pressure bag to 300 mm Hg  Turn pressure bag stop-cock upwards to prevent deflation  Connect monitor cable to transducer & left most red port monitor  Connect to patient

Zero Transducer

 Secure transducer to phlebostatic axis  Turn stop-cock off to patient & open to air  Remove yellow cap from stop-cock port  Zero function on the monitor  Once it reads “0” replace the yellow stop- cock  Check square wave response to evaluate dampening of waveform

Square Wave test