The modern anaesthesia workstation is designed to be a complete anaesthesia and respiratory gas delivery and monitoring system. The new machines use advanced electronics, software and technology to offer extensive capabilities for ventilation, monitoring, inhaled agent delivery, low-flow anaesthesia and closed-loop anaesthesia. Example: Draeger Primus The components of the workstation are: The gas delivery and scavenging system. The vapourisers. Electronic flow meters.
The ventilator. The monitors. Electronic flow meters : These are more accurate and do not have the disadvantages of having multiple mechanical parts which are prone to leaks and breakages. The flow can be displayed electronically by a numerical display or ‘virtual flow tubes’ à easy identification of gas flows in a darkened theatre and the export of electronic data to an information system. In some machines…
