Line Isolation Still Important
APSF Newsletter, Summer 2006
Has there been a change in the recommended use of line isolation monitors? We had an alarm today and we were told by our engineering department to essentially ignore it,…
Channeling Causes Concern
APSF Newsletter, Spring 2006
The APSF has received a report of a hypercarbic patient condition during the use of AMSORB¨ PLUS (Armstrong Medical Limited, Northern Ireland), detected through capnography and confirmed by arterial blood…
Absorbent Wrapper Design Questioned
APSF Newsletter, Winter 2005
Editor’s Note: Although Dr. Wright may have later determined the manufacturer of the product in question, the Editors subsequently located at least 2 additional reports of circuit obstruction by unwrapped…
Dear SIRS Making a Difference
APSF Newsletter, Fall 2005
Recently, I was about 15 minutes into a case with the patient on the ventilator, and several alarms went off, all of the lights on the ventilator lit up, and…
Descending Bellows Drives Question
APSF Newsletter, Summer 2005
We are currently evaluating new anesthesia machines for purchase. One of the models is a 2005 Datascope Anestar model. It has a hanging bellows. The company states that the hanging…
Cause of Ventilator Failure is Unclear
APSF Newsletter, Spring 2005
We would like to report an incident of anesthesia machine failure with possible patient safety implications. After the induction and intubation of an 8-year-old female and during the sterile skin…