GE Dinamap Procare 300

Patient Monitors

Patient vitals are the critical messages that medical professionals need to decipher. They come in temperature, pulse, respiratory rate, and blood pressure. The body needs to have these vital signs regulated, to perform well. If any of these parameters are off, it is an indication of a larger health problem. All patient monitors are composed of a screen and the basic vital sign indicators. Sensors are used to provide pertinent information to medical care providers.

Temperature

The body always needs to stay in homeostasis. This is when the body is in a constant equilibrium. The body is imbalanced, or disequilibreated when one parameter is too large in comparison to normal parameters. The normal body temperature is 98.6 degrees. When the body temperature gets too high, over 100, it is considered a fever. Fevers are dangerous in that the body needs to recover the temperature increase. They are also indicative of a slew of other health problems. When the body temperature reads as too cold, the body is going into hypothermia.

Hypothermia happens when the core body temperature is 95 degrees. Hypothermia can happen from eating disorders, alcohol intoxication, and exposure to extremely cold conditions.

Pulse

Pulse can be taken manually by pressing a small artery on the surface of the skin and counting the times it beats during one minute. These places include the neck, wrist, groin, behind the knee, the ankle joint, and on the top of the foot. When the heart beats, it uses pressure to pump blood through the body. A normal rate for adults is 59-99 beats per minute. When giving CPR, it is important to note a pulse, to see if the person has air in their lungs before shocking them.

Respiratory Rate

Respiration rate happens when a person’s chest is at rest, and then raises to let in oxygen. A normal range for a human is 12-18 breaths. A patient monitor uses capnography to measure respiratory rate.

Blood Pressure

Blood pressure measures the amount of blood that goes out to the body and comes back through to the heart. This is a measurement of how much the heart is pumping blood, and how much blood is being circulated around the body. Low blood pressure is called hypotension, while hypertension is high blood pressure. Hypertension and hypotension cause a multitude of health problems and are also indicative of diseases and disorders already happening in the body.

GE Dinamap Procare 300

The GE Dinamap Procare 300 is a portable patient monitor, so it can be transported to any department in a hospital, doctor’s office, ambulatory surgical center, or a medical facility. The Dinamap comprehensive monitor can be used for all types of patients, including neonatal, pediatric, and of course, adults. This Dinamap patient monitor features non-invasive blood pressure, SpO2 to record pulse oximetry, and the recorder prints the patient’s vitals.

GE Dinamap monitors are used in a variety of settings. These settings include ER, outpatient surgery, endoscopy, GI labs, PACU, telemetry, and labor & delivery. GE is one of the top medical equipment manufacturers, as well as a leader in developing technology.

Medical

• Dimensions (without temperature): 9.7 (H) × 8.6″ (W) × 5.3″ (D) (24.7 × 2.9 × 13.5 cm)
• Dimensions (with temperature): 9.7 (H) × 10.0″ (W) × 5.3″ (D) (24.7 × 25.4 × 13.5 cm)
• Mountings: Rubber feet
• Portability: Can be transported through use of handle

Monitor

• Electrical shock protection: Internally powered or Class II from specified external power supply.
• 12 VDC to IEC 601-1.
• Fuses: The monitor has four fuses. The fuses are auto resettable and mounted within the monitor. The fuses protect the low voltage DC input, the battery, the remote alarm output, and the +5 V output on the host port connector.
• Battery: 6 volt, 3.3 amp-hours protected by internal auto resetting fuse and thermally protected.
• Minimum operation time: 2 hrs (5 min cycle with adult cuff at 25°C, SpO2 active at 60 bpm, Temperature in monitor mode, printout of current values every 5 minutes) when fully charged.
• Time for full recharge: when monitor is switched to off, will be fully charged within five hours.

Blood Pressure

• Cuff pressure range: 10 to 290 mmHg (adult/ped); 10 to 140 mmHg (neonate).
• Blood pressure accuracy: meets or exceeds ANSI/AAMI standard SP-10 (mean error ≤55mmHg, standard deviation ≤8mmHg.
• Maximum determination time: 120 seconds (adult/ped) and 85 seconds (neonates).
• Overpressure cutoff: 330 mmHg (adult/ped) and 165 mmHg (neonate).
• Pulse rate range: 30 to 200 beats/min (adult/ped) and 30 to 220 beats/min (neonate).
• Pulse rate accuracy: ±3.5%.
• Systolic limits (mmHg): 200 high and 80 low.
• Diastolic limits (mmHg): 120 high and 30 low.
• Inflation pressure: 160 mmHg (adult/ped) and 110 mmHg (neonate).
• Cycle button: 15.

Sp02

• SpO2 range: 10 to 100%.
• Pulse rate range: 20 to 250 beats/min.
• Accuracy and motion tolerance: adult without motion – 70 to 100% ±2 digits; neonate without motion – 70 to 100% ±3 digits; adult and neonate with motion – 70 to 100% ±3 digits.
• Low perfusion: 70 to 100% ±2 digits, 0 to 69% unspecified.
• Pulse rate without motion: 20 to 250 beats/min ±3 digits.
• Pulse rate while in motion: normal physiologic range 55 to 125 beats/min ±5 digits.
• Pulse rate with a low perfusion: 20 to 250 beats/min ±3 digits.

Pulse rate

• High: 150.
• Low: 50.

Temperature

• Predictive mode range: 41.1° C and 106.0°F maximum and 35.6°C and 96.0°F minimum.
• Monitor mode range: 41.1°C and 106.0°F maximum and 26.7°C and 80.0°F minimum.
• Monitor mode accuracy: ±0.1°C; 0.2°F (when tested in a calibrated liquid bath).
• Determination time: approximately 10 seconds, typical.

Service Department

Our service department is employed with certified biomedical engineers and biomedical technicians. They service a multitude of patient monitors. Under your competitive Soma warranty, they are able to fix any issues that may arise. Our technicians coupled with our inventory of spare parts, makes Soma Technology a one stop shop for all needs.

Spare Parts

We have a large spare parts inventory. You can view our inventory at www.somamedicalparts.com. Not only is there an inventory for patient monitors, we have many more categories. These categories include; defibrillators, EKG machines, stress test systems, endoscopy, infusion pumps, anesthesia machines, ultrasounds, heart lung machines, patient warmers, coagulation analyzers, surgical lights, surgical tables, and many many more.

Due to our extensive stock inventory of products, we also have a large inventory of spare parts for those products. For patient monitor spare parts, we carry many parts. Some examples of frequently asked spare parts include; batteries, blood pressure cuffs, pediatric/ adult/ neonatal reusable sensors, keypad overlays, thermal paper, probe covers, mounting brackets, patient cables, circuit boards, and more.

If you are looking for spare parts, please click on the link above to our website for parts. You can add these parts to your cart. If you are looking to speak to someone in our parts department, please call 860-578-1033. You can also email us with the part number and description at [email protected].

Quotes

Sales representatives, both nationally and internationally are available to quote the GE Dinamap Procare 300, another type of vital signs monitor, or any of our other categories of capital medical equipment. Popular medical equipment categories include; defibrillators, ultrasounds, ventilators, C-arms, sterilizers, EKGs, imaging tables, surgical suite equipment, and heart lung machines.

To contact a sales representative, please fill out the form on our website. We have a dedicated sales department willing to speak with you about your medical equipment needs. You can also email [email protected] for a quote, or to call 1-800-GET-SOMA. We are able to sell to most regions of the world.

Final Thoughts

Have you used the GE Dinamap Procare 300? Is there a patient monitor that you’ve used in the past that you really liked? What medical settings do you use these most frequently in? Are there any features that you would change? Comment below to let us know!