infusion pump to set up a primary infusion.
So, I have my supplies here - we've got the IV fluids, 0.9 normal saline
and I've got my Alaris primary tubing to go with my Alaris pump.
So first I'm going to set up my tubing - get everything primed.
This is just like...everything will be the same
as far as priming your tubing, the big difference
here is how you're going to load this tubing into the pump.
So if you recall, during lab you learned how to
prime your tubing, and you may have learned how to
count drip factor. Now you're going to use a different type of tubing to make
sure it's compatible with your pump and the infusion pump is going to do the
work for you. Okay, so I've opened up my tubing - I've got it clamped so we
don't drip all over the floor. I'm going to take this cap off, we're gonna spike
the bag, remember you got to keep the spike sterile.
Okay, fill the chamber...okay. Now I'm going to go ahead and prime my tubing...
...still being careful to watch for air.
If you get any bubbles in there, make sure you purge it.
Okay, my tubing is all primed.
These little bubbles, you can usually tap them out.
Okay, now that I have my tubing all primed,
I'm ready to go and load it into the pump. So first we're going to turn
the pump on, so "SYSTEM ON".
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It's asking for "NEW PATIENT", so we're gonna hit this
arrow next to "YES".
And then it's asking to "CONFIRM ID", we're gonna hit the
arrow down here, under ""CONFIRM".
Okay, now we're going to open up this channel door here.
You're going to place the tubing - there's a little arrow here
actually, so you want to place the tubing into the channel like this.
It's gonna just slide in there - this is this little safety mechanism.
Make sure this threads through this little niche down here.
This is going to cradle up here. And now we're going to close the door.
You want to make sure you use two hands when you do that,
okay, so you don't break the latch. Okay, now we're going to hit "CHANNEL SELECT",
so the pump knows where we're working from.
Then we're going to have a menu over here, asking,
"What are we about to infuse?"
So, we want IV fluid, so we're going to
hit the arrow next to that - then it's asking, "What are we going to infuse?"
So, we have 0.9 normal saline, so I'm going to select "0.9 NORMAL SALINE".
Then it's asking, "Is that correct?" Just verifying, you're going to say "YES".
Then it's asking for "Rate" and "VTBI" or Volume To Be Infused, so we're going to
hit the arrow next to "RATE" first and based on the orders we saw in the
computer, our rate's going to be 100. So we're just going to punch in "100".
Then we're going to hit the arrow next to "VTBI"
or Volume To Be Infused, and for the purpose of today we're just
going to punch in "100", but if the patient were to need to get this whole
bag, then you would want to set your infusion for whatever volume is in the
bag that you have or whatever your orders say.
Okay, then you're going to go ahead and press "START" .
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And then it's asking if it's concerned about the rate -
if it exceeds the limit, we can go ahead and say "YES".
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And it's reminding me to open my roller clamp.
[BEEPING]
And hit "RESTART".
And there you go. And you just want to make sure, of course,
before you start running it, that you have it all hooked up to the patient.
And that concludes our pump demo.
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