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viper2lt
12-01-2008, 09:41 PM
hi everyone! this is what happened early today... i started the ecs stan the usual way. had a simulation until i had to aspirate on water. i clicked on the airway occluder and the laryngospasm on respiratory and stan stopped breathing. pretty good so far, right? then i watched the monitor hoping to see the familiar falling spo2 numbers which didn't happen and the blackbox started clicking non stop. i restarted everything 2 times which i think fixed the issue. anyone of you guys encountered the same situation? please share what could have gone wrong. thanks in advance.

kev
12-01-2008, 10:48 PM
When I have seen similar things to this in the past it normally relates to the umbilicals not being screwed down past the "red lines" .....after turning it off twice did it work no problem?

viper2lt
12-02-2008, 09:12 PM
hi kev! it did. the afternoon shift did not note any issues yesterday. i'm currently using it and it works alright. i have a different team who works on topping up fluids and the like. i might meet with them this afternoon to check on the umbilical screws you mentioned. thanks a lot for the tip.

peevee