Are the Vigilance II monitor battery powered? I am asking this because one of the department (at the hospital I work at) sent one of these units down to the shop with the complain of "the unit will not hold a charge." RE: Edwards Lifesciences - Vigilance II
We have an ancient machine and no user manual if any kind. How are we supposed to interpret the SQI squares in the top right corner of the screen? The 4 boxes that are either green, yellow, or red? RE: Edwards Lifesciences - Vigilance II
It powers up for a while then the monitor turns black and without any beep or sound. Can anyone please give me an idea if any of you guys have encountered this problem before. Thank you.
My name is Calaiha Hamburger, and I work at University of Arizona Medical Center in Tucson, AZ.
I work on a CVIMC floor with a focus on HF patients. Recently we have had several patient who need Swan-Ganz monitoring which is only done on our CVICU floor.
Due to peak season volumes, these patients have been unable to transfer to the ICU for this type of monitoring, so a discussion is being had regarding the feasiblility of training my staff to care for this patient population.
We are a semi-private floor, with limited space, so are looking for smaller equipment that will meet these patients' needs. I found your Vigilance II monitor online, and would like to know if this machine is capable of moitoring wedge pressures for hemodynamic monitoring, and possible Dobutamine titration.
Thank you,
Calaiha Hamburger, RN, BSN Patient Care Manager 4W CVIMC / HF University of Arizona Medical Center (520) 694-4856 Calaiha.hamburger@uahealth.com
