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Download MBBS Neuroanaesthesia PPT 1 Anaesthesia Machine And Breathing Circuit Lecture Notes

Download MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) Neuroanaesthesia PPT 1 Anaesthesia Machine And Breathing Circuit Lecture Notes

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Introduction

? The Anesthesia gas machine is a device which delivers a

precisely known but variable gas mixture, including

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anesthetizing and life sustaining gases.
Objective

?Become familiar with the basic design of an anesthetic machine

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? Become familiar with the design and functioning of anesthetic

vaporizers.

?Become familiar with the design and functioning of the more

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commonly used breathing circuits

History

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before the invention of anaesthesia...

surgery was an agony...a nightmare....


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Boyle's Apparatus- 2000s

Modern anaesthesia workstation
Types of Anaesthesia Machine

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? INTERMITTENT - Gas flow only during inspiration
- Entonox appartus, Mackessons
? CONTINUOUS - Gas flows both during inspiration and expiration
- Boyle machine , forregar , dragger

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Components of anaesthesia machine

? Comprise of three different pressure systems-
? High pressure system: from cylinder to pressure reducing valves

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? Intermediate pressure system: from pressure reducing valves to

flowmeters

? Low pressure system: from flow meters to the common gas outlet on

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machine

High pressure system

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n Receives gasses from the high pressure E cylinders

attached to the back of the anesthesia machine

(2200 psig for O2, 745 psig for N2O)

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n Consists of:

? Hanger Yolk (reserve gas cylinder holder)
? Check valve (prevent reverse flow of gas)

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? Cylinder Pressure Indicator (Gauge)
? Pressure Reducing Device (Regulator)

n Usually not used, unless pipeline gas supply is off
Components of high pressure system

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? Hanger yoke: orients and supports cylinder, provides a gas tight seal, ensures

unidirectional gas flow. Parts of hanger yoke assembly are:

? Body: principal framework of yoke, attached to body of machine

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? Retaining screw: its threaded into distal end of yoke, fits into conical depression of

cylinder valve and yoke

? Nipple: gas enters machine through nipple

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? Index pin: are below the nipple
? Washer/Bodok seal: Placed around nipple to produce seal between cylinder valve

and yoke.

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? Filter: filters 100m particulates
? Check valve assembly: allows gas from cylinder to enter machine but not vice versa

A. Cylinder yokes. The empty right-hand yoke shows a Bodok seal and the pins of the

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pin index system.

B. Diagram of cylinder yoke assembly
Pin-Index safety system-1952
? Safety mechanism so that one cylinder can not be fitted at the other's

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position

? It consists of holes on the cylinder valve and two pins on the yoke

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positioned to fit into the holes

? Pins are 4 mm in diameter and 6 mm long (except pin-7)
? The 7 hole positions are on the circumference of a circle of 9/16 inch

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radius centred on the port.

? Six pin positions are located at an interval of 12 degree, with pin 7

located between 3 and 4.

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Pin-index system

Bourdon Pressure Gauge
? Must be clearly marked with: Name or

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chemical symbol of gas color assigned to

gas

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? Each hanger yoke or group of

interconnected yokes should be supplied

with pressure indicator to display pressure

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of cylinder supplied gas.

? If indicator is circular , the lowest pressure

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indication should be between 6 o' clock and

9 o' clock position on clock face.

? Scale must be 33% more than maximum

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filling pressures.
Pressure reducing devices

? Pressure in cylinder varies to maintain constant flow, with changing

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supply pressure regulators are provided

? Reduces high and variable pressure found in cylinder to a lower and

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more constant pressure found in the anaesthesia machine (40-45

psig)

Intermediate Pressure System

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q Receives gasses from the regulator or the
hospital pipeline at pressures of 40-55 psig
q Consists of:
?Pipeline inlet connections

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?Pipeline pressure indicators
?Piping
?Gas power outlet
?Master switch
?Oxygen pressure failure devices

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?Oxygen flush
?Additional reducing devices
?Flow control valves
Pipeline Inlet Connections

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? Mandatory N2O and O2, usually

have air and suction too

? Inlets are non-interchangeable

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due to specific threading as per

the Diameter Index Safety

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System (DISS)

? Each inlet must contain a check

valve to prevent reverse flow

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(similar to the cylinder yoke)

DISS
Terminal outlets. Note the different diameter recesses (collar indexing

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system) that match the collar on

the relevant probe

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Flexible hose

probes. Note the

difference in size

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of the indexing

collar

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Colour-coded hoses.
Oxygen Pressure Failure Devices

? The oxygen concentration at the common gas

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outlet does not fall below 19%.

? A Fail-Safe valve is present in the gas line

supplying each of the flowmeters (except O 2)

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? This valve is controlled by the O2 supply

pressure and shuts off or proportionately

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decreases the supply pressure of all other

gasses as the O2 supply pressure decreases

? Historically there are 2 kinds of fail-safe valves

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? Pressure sensor shut-off valve (Ohmeda)
? Oxygen failure protection device (Drager)

Oxygen Supply Failure Alarm

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? The machine standard specifies that whenever the oxygen supply pressure

falls below a manufacturer-specified threshold (usually 30 psig) a medium

priority alarm shall blow within 5 seconds.

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? Electronic alarms: A pressure operated electric switch operates this alarm\
? Ohmeda: 28 psig
? Drager: 30-37 psig

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? Pneumatic alarms (Bowman's Whistle): Uses a pressurized canister that is

filled with oxygen when the anesthesia machine is turned on. When the

oxygen pressure falls below a certain value, the alarm directs a stream of

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oxygen through a whistle
Oxygen Flush Valve (O2+)

? Receives O2 from pipeline inlet or cylinder reducing device and

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directs high, unmetered flow directly to the common gas outlet

(downstream of the vaporizer)

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? Machine standard requires that the flow be between 35 and 75 L/min
? The ability to provide jet ventilation via the O2 flush valve is presence

of a check valve between the vaporizer and the O2 flush valve

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(otherwise some flow would be wasted retrograde)

qHazards:
?May cause barotrauma
?Dilution of inhaled anesthetic

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? Flush valves for gases other than oxygen are not permitted.

? Oxygen flush can be activated regardless of whether machine is

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turned ON or OFF.

? Protective rim is present which prevents unintentional

activation

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Master switch

? Turning the master switch to the `on' position
? activates both pneumatic and electrical
? functions of the machine as well as certain

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? alarms and safety devices.

Second-Stage Reducing Device

? Located just upstream of the flow control valves

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? Receives gas from the pipeline inlet or the cylinder reducing device

and reduces it further to 26 psig for N2O and 14 psig for O2

? Purpose is to eliminate fluctuations in pressure supplied to the flow

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indicators caused by fluctuations in pipeline pressure
Flow/ Control valves (Needle Valves/ Pin Valves/

Fine Adjustment Valves/ Flow adjustment controls

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? Controls rate of flow of gas through its associated flow indicator by

manual adjustment of a variable orifice.

? Current standard requires that there be only one flow control valve

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for each gas. It must be adjusted or identifiable with it's flow indicator

Components

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? Body.
-Screwed to the base of flow indicator

? Stem and Seat.

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? Control knob.

Low Pressure System

? Extends from the flow control valves to the common gas outlet

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? Pressure is only slightly above atmospheric pressure.
? Consists of:
? Flow meters
? Vaporizer mounting device
? Check valve

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? Back pressure safety devices (Pressure relief device)
? Common gas outlet

Flowmeter tubes

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? Measures and indicates RATE OF FLOW of gas .
? TYPES:
? Constant-pressure variable-orifice type
? Electronic flowmeter
Constant-pressure variable orifice

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flowmeter
? Measures drop in pressure that occurs when gas passes

through resistance

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? Correlates this pressure ?drop to flow

Flowmeter assembly

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? When the flow control valve is

opened the gas enters at the bottom

and flows up the tube elevating the

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indicator

? The indicator floats freely at a point

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where the downward force on it

(gravity) equals the upward force

caused by gas molecules hitting the

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bottom of the float

? Because the tube is tapered the

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annular opening around the indicator

increases with height and more gas

flows around the float

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Parts of flowmeter assembly

? Tube
? Float/Bobbin
? Stop at top of tube

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? Scale
? Plastic shields
? Lights
? Each flowmeter assembly should be permanently identified with:
? Color of gas

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? Chemical symbol / Name of gas

Tube

? Made of glass

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? Gas passes between bobbin and inner wall of tube
? Tapered
? Flow increases from below upward
? Also known as `Thorpe' tube
Electronic flowmeter

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Prefer digital system

? Solenoid valves

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? Control flow on or

of valves

? Computer

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controlled

Auxiliary oxygen flowmeter
Anti-hypoxia devices

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? Mechanical devices- "Link-25 system"
? Pneumatic device- "ratio-mixer valve"
? Electronically controlled device- "penlon ltd"
Vaporizers

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? A vaporizer is an instrument designed to change a liquid anesthetic

agent into its vapor and add a controlled amount of this vapor to the

fresh gas flow

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Common gas outlet

? Receives all gases and vapors from machine.
? Most machine outlets have 15mm female connection with coaxial

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22mm male connection.

? Miscellaneous : Antistatic wheels

? This list is by no means exhaustive and newer anaesthesia machines

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have incorporated a lots of new features to enhance the safety.

Breathing system

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? A breathing system is defined as an assembly of components which

connects the patient's airway to the anaesthetic machine creating an

artificial atmosphere, from and into which the patient breathes

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? Purpose
? To deliver anesthetic gases and oxygen
? Offer a means to deliver anesthesia without significant increase in

airway resistance

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? To offer a convenient and safe method of delivering inhaled

anesthetic agents

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? Components
? A fresh gas entry port / delivery tube
? A port to connect it to the patient's airway;
? A reservoir for gas, in the form of a bag
? An expiratory port / valve

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? A carbon dioxide absorber if total rebreathing is to be allowed
? Corrugated tubes for connecting these components.
? Flow directing valves may or may not be used.
? Requirements of a Breathing System
? Essential:

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? The breathing system must deliver the gases from the machine to the

alveoli in the same concentration as set and in the shortest possible

time;

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? Effectively eliminate carbon-dioxide;
? Have minimal apparatus dead space; and
? Have low resistance.

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vRequirements of a Breathing System
? Economy of fresh gas;
? Conservation of heat;
? Adequate humidification of inspired gas;
? Light weight;

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? Convenience during use;
? Efficiency during spontaneous as well as controlled ventilation

adaptability for adults, children and mechanical ventilators;

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? Provision to reduce theatre pollution
Table 1. Classification of breathing systems

Classification Of Breathing Systems

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BREATHING SYSTEMS WITHOUT CO2 ABSORPTION.

BREATHING SYSTEMS WITH CO2 ABSORPTION.

Unidirectional flow:

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Unidirectional flow

a) Non rebreathing systems.

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Circle system with absorber.

B) Circle systems.


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Bi-directional flow:

Bi-directional flow

a) Afferent reservoir systems.

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To and Fro system.

Mapleson A

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Mapleson B


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Mapleson C

Lack's system.

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B) Enclosed afferent reservoir systems

Miller's (1988)

c) Efferent reservoir systems

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Mapleson D

Mapleson E

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Mapleson F

Bain's system

d) Combined systems

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Humphrey ADE



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Mapleson D

? 3 phases of respiration
1) Inspiration
2) Expiration

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3) End-expiratory pause
Bain's system
? Coaxial (tube within a tube) version of

Mapleson D

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? Fresh gas enters through narrow inner

tube

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? Exhaled gas exits through corrugated

outer tube

? FGF required to prevent rebreathing:

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-200-300ml/kg/min with

spontaneous breathing (2 times V E )
-70ml/kg/min with controlled

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ventilation

Circle system

v Breathing Systems with CO2 Absorption

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- Sodalime canister,
- Two unidirectional valves,
- Fresh gas entry, Y-piece to connect to the patient,
- Reservoir bag a relief valve and
- Low resistance interconnecting tubing.

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Circle system

Circle system

v 3 Essential Factors

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? There should be two unidirectional valves on either side of the

reservoir bag and the canister ,

? Relief valve should be positioned in the expiratory limb only,

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? The FGF should enter the system proximal to the inspiratory

unidirectional valve
Circle system

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vOptimization of Circle Design
q Unidirectional Valves
?Placed in close proximity to patient to prevent backflow into

inspiratory limb if circuit leak develops.

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qFresh Gas Inlet
?Placed between absorber & inspiratory valve. If placed downstream

from inspiratory valve, it would allow FG to bypass patient during

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exhalation and be wasted. If FG were placed between expiration valve

and absorber, FG would be diluted by recirculating gas

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Circle system

vOptimization of Circle Design
qAPL valve
? Placed immediately before absorber to conserve absorption capacity

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and to minimize venting of FG

qBreathing Bag
? Placed in expiratory limb to decrease resistance to exhalation. Bag

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compression during controlled ventilation will vent alveolar gas thru

APL valve, conserving absorbent
Circle system

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? Circle system can be:
# closed (FGF= patient uptake, complete rebreathing after CO2

absorbed, and pop-off closed)

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# semi-closed (some rebreathing occurs, FGF and pop-off settings at

intermediate values), or
# semi-open (no rebreathing, high fresh gas flow)

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Circle system

? Most commonly used
? Adult and child appropriate sizes

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? Can be semi open, semi closed, or closed dependent solely on fresh

gas flow (FGF)

? Uses chemical neutralization of CO2

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? Conservation of moisture and body heat
? Low FGF's saves money
Circle system

Scavenging system

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? The collection and the subsequent removal of vented gases from the

operating room

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? Components
(1) the gas-collecting assembly
(2) the transfer means
(3) the scavenging interface
(4) the gas-disposal assembly tubing

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(5) an active or passive gas-disposal assembly
Components of a scavenging system- APL valve, adjustable

pressure limiting valve

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Our institute...
Summary...

? The gases that are required are Oxygen, Nitrous Oxide and Air.
? The gases enter the machine at high pressures which are then

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reduced by pressure reducing valves.

? Controller knob on each rotameter causes gas to flow and lift the

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bobbin

? The vaporizer is fitted with a dial so that the concentration of the

volatile agent can be varied

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? The gas mixture is then delivered to the anaesthetic circuit.