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SimMan Critical Care

Cleaning the blood system

Once all sessions are complete, flush the Blood System with distilled water, with the wounds connected.This will remove remains of Laerdal blood in the Blood System, and prevent clogging of valves and tubing.

Emptying internal blood tank

  1. Connect an empty fill bottle to the blood inlet.

  2. Fluid from the internal tank will automatically drain into the fill bottle.

  3. When the flow stops, disconnect the blood connector.

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CAUTION

Connecting a full Blood Unit to a Patient Simulator with an already full internal tank will result in system overflow. Blood will drain out of the right leg. Repeatedly overflowing the system may damage the product.

NOTE

Place the fill bottle on the floor or below the Patient Simulator to facilitate emptying the fluids.

Video.ai How-to video: Empty Internal Blood Reservoir.

NOTE

The video shows the fluid inlets. Use the blood inlet here.

Empty the blood system

Ensure a wound is connected to a blood outlet. Refer to Attach a wound section.

  1. Ensure that the Patient Simulator's power is ON.

  2. Ensure that the Patient Simulator's internal blood reservoir is drained.

  3. Press the Activate Filling button and the LED indicator will turn on.

  4. Connect an empty fill bottle to the blood and air connector; the filling of air into the internal tank will start.

  5. Open the Circulation and Fluids tab in LLEAP. Check the boxes for Upper and Lower port, then select Venous from the adjacent drop-down menus. Slide the bleeding rate controls to right to get maximum bleeding rates.

  6. Wait until there is no more blood emitted from the simulator, then uncheck all boxes.

  7. Disconnect the fill bottle.

Clean the blood system with isopropanol

  1. Connect a fill bottle with isopropanol to the blood and air connector; the filling of isopropanol into the internal reservoir will start.

  2. From LLEAP, again check the boxes for Upper and Lower port (making sure Venous bleeding and maximum blood rates are still selected).

  3. Allow the blood system to flush until clear fluid runs out of all outlets.

  4. When finished, press Activate Filling to deactivate the filling procedure.The LED indicator on the Activate Fill will turn off.

  5. Leave the bottle connected for approximately 30 seconds to let the internal tank drain completely.

  6. In LLEAP uncheck all boxes and slide bleeding rate controls to the left. And then disconnect bottle.

Flush the isopropanol out of the blood system

  1. Connect an empty fill bottle to the fill panel.

  2. Connect an empty fill bottle to the blood and air connector; the filling of air into the internal tank will start.

  3. Open the Circulation and Fluids tab in LLEAP. Check the boxes for Upper and Lower port, then select Venous from the adjacent drop-down menus. Slide the bleeding rate controls to right to get maximum bleeding rates.

  4. Wait until there is no more fluid emitted from the Patient Simulator, then press Activate Filling once again so that filling is disabled (LED indicator should be turned off).

  5. In LLEAP uncheck all boxes and move the sliders all the way to the left. Disconnect the fill bottle and wounds.

CAUTION

Never store the Patient Simulator with isopropanol or liquid in the Fluid or Blood System.

Video.ai How-to video: Clean the Blood System. .

NOTES

  • The video shows the fluid inlets. Use the blood inlet here.

  • During the cleaning procedure – Tank empty warning - may occur in LLEAP Software. This message can be disregarded during the cleaning procedure.