User`s manual

PCA Therapy

PCA or Patient Controlled Analgesia is designed for therapies requiring a continuous rate of infusion, patient

controlled demand boluses, or both.

egin programming a PCA Therapy by selecting “PCA” from the “Select Therapy Screen”.

The following display screen will appear, requiring you to enter information needed to

program this therapy.

Prescription Menus

PCA Pre-Prescription Menu Screen

These menu items allow you to customize the program to match each individual prescription. The

pump’s default settings are listed in the left screen. Each field is individually explained below.

Note: Some of the lines are abbreviated to fit on the display screen; the full descriptions appear

below.

1 UNITS: Allows you to select from units of mg, mcg, or ml depending on how the

prescription is written. In the PCA therapy, the pump will allow rates as defined in figure 5.1;

therefore, if mg or mcg is selected, the concentration requested in the next field will determine

the upper and lower programming limits for mg and mcg. Use the “NO/CHANGE” key

until the desired “units” appears on the display, and then press the “YES/ENTER” key to

accept and move to the next field.

2 CONCEN (Concentration): This field is active whenever mg or mcg is selected in the

“units” field and requires data entry of the concentration of mg or mcg per ml. When the

correct data is entered, press “YES/ENTER” to accept, and move the cursor to the next

field. If ml is chosen in the “units” field, this line will not display. The range for this field is

0.1 to 999.

Chapter

PCA Therapy