Scavenging
Scavenging is the process of exhausting excess gas from the anaesthetic circuit to a point outside the operating theatre complex.
In most hospitals it is a specific suction system. On the anaesthetic machine there will be a chamber with a bobbin, that will "float" between two markers when an adequate amount of suction has been applied to the scavenging system.
The chamber with the bobbin is not often in plain sight, it might be found on the back or the side of the anaesthetic machine.
In most hospitals it is a specific suction system. On the anaesthetic machine there will be a chamber with a bobbin, that will "float" between two markers when an adequate amount of suction has been applied to the scavenging system.
The chamber with the bobbin is not often in plain sight, it might be found on the back or the side of the anaesthetic machine.