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Safety SystemsClark Venable, M.D.
A. Wall to inlet
- Diameter-indexed safety system (DISS)-couples oxygen and nitrous to
wall
- Colored tubing
- Pin-index safety system-couples cylinders to machine
- Colored cylinders
B. The machine
- Fluted (Calverly) control handle on oxygen rotameter
- Oxygen located on far right side of the manifold
- Stopper located on top of flowmeters so that the indicator ball/bobbin
won't plug the manifold
- Fail-safe machanism that alarms if oxygen pressure is below 25 lbs/sq.
inch (note: does not guarantee oxygen flow,
only oxygen pressure)
- Oxygen ratio monitor controller to link N2O flow
to oxygen flow
C. The ventilator
- Disconnect alarm indicating low pressure
- Alarms for subatmospheric, continuing and high pressure
- Oxygen powering the bellows so that a hole in the bellows will let
pure oxygen enter
D. The breathing circuit
- Oxygen analyzer. Mandatory equipment--there
is no way of knowing that you are delivering oxygen unless there is an
oxygen analyzer
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