Anesthesia Monitors

All procedures that involve anesthesia require reliable anesthesia monitors to maintain patient safety. There are several types of anesthesia monitors and related medical equipment in use. The choice of appropriate monitoring equipment depends on the type of cases to be performed in a particular setting.

Anesthesia monitors can be characterized as devices that primarily monitor the delivery of substances (gases, drugs and fluids) to the patient, or instruments that measure and display the physiological state of the patient. These devices may be part of a multi-variable monitor, an anesthesia machine / anesthesia workstation, or a separate console. Alarms incorporated into monitoring systems detect and alert to out-of-range variables or conditions.

According to clinical practice standards such as the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Standards for Basic Anesthetic Monitoring, the patient’s oxygenation, ventilation, circulation and temperature must be continually evaluated during all anesthetics. Absolute Medical offers anesthesia monitors to meet all these patient monitoring requirements. 

• Oxygenation

  During all anesthetics, a quantitative method of assessing blood oxygenation such as pulse oximetry must be used. During every administration of general anesthesia using an anesthesia machine, the concentration of oxygen in the inspired gas must be measured. Measurement of the concentration of the anesthetic gases is recommended. Absolute Medical carries a range of patient monitors that include pulse oximeters, and other instruments such as those with 5-agent gas monitoring capability, which provide identification and quantification of O_2, CO_2,N₂O, halothane, isoflurane, sevoflurane, desflurane, and enflurane.

• Ventilation

  Every patient receiving general anesthesia must have continual monitoring for the presence of expired carbon dioxide; quantitative monitoring of the volume of expired gas is strongly encouraged. For patients with endotracheal intubation, continual end-tidal carbon dioxide analysis must be performed using a quantitative method such as capnography. Absolute Medical carries a range of monitors including those with capnography capability.

• Circulation

  Every patient receiving anesthesia must have an electrocardiogram (ECG, EKG) continuously displayed and have arterial blood pressure and heart rate determined and evaluated at least every five minutes. Absolute Medical carries a range of ECG / EKG machines and blood pressure monitors. Blood pressure monitors include non-invasive and invasive (e.g., pulmonary artery pressure, central venous pressure) methods.

• Temperature

  To aid in the maintenance of appropriate body temperature during all anesthetics, every patient receiving anesthesia must have temperature monitored when clinically significant changes in body temperature are intended, anticipated or suspected. Absolute Medical carries a range of monitors that include temperature assessment.

The anesthesia monitor equipment available from Absolute Medical provides comprehensive clinical assessment, reliably evaluating all these vital functions and more. Buying a used Anesthesia Monitor from a reputable medical equipment dealer offers substantial savings over buying new. Absolute Medical carries a large selection of anesthesia monitors in every price range.