Chapter 17 Tourniquet - Gima K10 Manuel D'utilisation

Select "Menu" → "Tourniquet" to enter into Tourniquet window.
Pressure: the upper limit of the cuff pressure during inflation. The monitor will stop inflating if the
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cuff pressure exceeds this value. The step is 10mmHg (1.3kPa) ranges and defaults for different
patient age group are listed in the table below:
Group
Adult 20mmHg(2.7 kPa)-120mmHg(16 kPa)
Pediatric 20mmHg(2.7 kPa)-80mmHg(10.7 kPa)
Neonate 20mmHg(2.7 kPa)-50mmHg(6.7 kPa)
Duration: the lasted time that cuff pressure maintained with the specified value.
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Deflation Count-down: the initial value of the count-down timer of cuff deflation. The cuff will
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deflate immediately when the count-down comes to zero.
"Start/Stop" button: Start / stop tourniquet function. The cuff pressure value will be displayed
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during inflating. Note: once enter into the window, then pressing "NIBP Measure key" cannot
perform NIBP measurement.
Note
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The lasted time that cuff pressure maintained with the specified value for adult and
pediatric is fixed to be 170s and nonadjustable, and for neonate is fixed to be 85s and
nonadjustable. The count-down timer of cuff deflation will not be displayed on the screen,
and it begins to counting down once the cuff starts inflating.
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The unit of cuff pressure is same as the unit of NIBP.

Chapter 17 Tourniquet

Tourniquet Settings
Pressure range
Count-down
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Default
80mmHg(10.7 kPa)
60mmHg(8 kPa)
40mmHg(5.3 kPa)