The GE Engström Carestation Ventilator is a critical care ventilator system designed to provide advanced respiratory support for patients in various clinical settings such as intensive care units (ICUs), emergency departments, and operating rooms. Here are some key features and capabilities of the GE Engström Carestation Ventilator:

• Ventilation Modes: The Engström Carestation offers a wide range of ventilation modes to accommodate the diverse needs of patients, including volume-controlled ventilation (VCV), pressure-controlled ventilation (PCV), synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation (SIMV), pressure support ventilation (PSV), and others. These modes can be adjusted and tailored to match the patient's respiratory condition and requirements.

• User Interface: The ventilator is equipped with an intuitive user interface, typically featuring a touchscreen display and easy-to-use controls. This interface allows clinicians to monitor patient parameters, adjust ventilation settings, and access advanced features with ease.

• Lung Protective Strategies: The Engström Carestation supports lung protective ventilation strategies aimed at minimizing ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) and improving patient outcomes. This may include features such as low tidal volume ventilation, PEEP optimization, and monitoring of respiratory mechanics.

• Monitoring Capabilities: The ventilator provides comprehensive monitoring of patient and ventilator parameters, including tidal volume, respiratory rate, airway pressure, FiO2, dynamic compliance, and others. Advanced monitoring features may include capnography, oxygen saturation monitoring, and measurement of respiratory effort.

• Alarm System: An integrated alarm system alerts clinicians to changes in patient condition or ventilator performance, ensuring timely intervention and patient safety. The Engström Carestation typically offers customizable alarm settings to meet the specific needs of individual patients.

• Battery Backup: Many models of the GE Engström Carestation come equipped with battery backup functionality, providing continued ventilatory support during power outages or when transporting patients within the hospital.

• Data Management and Connectivity: The ventilator may offer connectivity options for data management and integration with hospital information systems, enabling seamless documentation, remote monitoring, and data sharing for ventilated patients.

• Durability and Reliability: The Engström Carestation is designed to withstand the demands of critical care environments, offering durability and reliability in daily clinical use.

Overall, the GE Engström Carestation Ventilator is a versatile and advanced system that provides comprehensive respiratory support for critically ill patients. It is trusted by healthcare professionals for its performance, features, and ease of use in managing patients requiring mechanical ventilation.

Product Specification

Product Description

Introduction

The ventilator is designed to be used with infant through adult patients with a body weight of 5 kg or greater. If the neonatal option is installed on the ventilator, patients weighing down to 0.25 kg may be ventilated with the Engström. The Engström is designed to maintain lung ventilation in the absence of spontaneous breathing effort as well as in support of the patient's existing spontaneous breathing effort. The system is designed for facility use, including within-facility transport, and should only be used under the orders of a clinician. The Carestation consists of three main components: a display, a ventilator unit, and an optional module bay. The display allows the user to interface with the system and control settings. The ventilator unit controls electrical power, nebulization, and pneumatic gas flow to and from the patient. The module bay allows the integration of various patient monitoring modules with the ventilator.

Setting definitions

The following terms and settings are used in the system. Not all settings are available for all modes of ventilation. 

Ventilator display

There are two display interfaces to choose from: Full and Basic. To select or change the display interface:

1. Push the ComWheel when no menus are shown. • The Select Layout menu displays. 2. Select Full or Basic.

3. Select Previous Menu or push Normal Screen

Screen configuration

To change the ventilator display:

1. Push System Setup.

2. Select Screen Setup.

3. Select a field to be changed.

4. Select the parameter to be displayed.

5. Select Previous Menu when complete.

1 Alarm silence symbol and countdown Display the time remaining during an alarm silence or alarm suspend period.

2 Alarm message fields Alarms will appear in order of priority. See "Alarms and Troubleshooting" for more information on alarm behavior.

3 Waveform fields The top two waveforms are permanently set to Paw and Flow. The third waveform may be selected as CO2, O2, Vol, Paux, or Off.

4 General message fields Displays informational messages.

5 Clock The time may be set in 12 or 24-hour format in the Time and Date menu.

6 Patient type icon Displays Neonatal, Pediatric, or Adult patient type mode.

7 Measured value fields Displays current measured values corresponding to the waveforms.

8 Digit field Displays information related to Volume, CO2, O2, Compliance, metabolic, Spirometry, Current mode, Spontaneous ventilation, or Volume per Weight.

9 Ventilator settings Displays several of the settings for the current mode of ventilation.

Using menus

Menu functionality is common across the ventilator interface. The following describes how to navigate through and select menu functions.

1. Push a menu key to display the corresponding menu.

2. Turn the ComWheel counterclockwise to highlight the next menu item. Turn the ComWheel clockwise to highlight the previous menu item.

3. Push the ComWheel to enter the adjustment window or a submenu.

4. Turn the ComWheel clockwise or counterclockwise to highlight the desired selection. Push the ComWheel to confirm the selection.

5. Select Normal Screen in the menu or push the Normal Screen key to exit the menu and return to the normal ventilation display. (Select Previous Menu to return to the last displayed menu, if available.)