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What kind of monitors are you using in your hyperbaric chamber? I'm a critical care nurse and work part time and on-call in a hospital based multiplace chamber hyperbaric program. I frequently dive with ICU patients who are obviously monitored. Lately my monitor (a ProPaq 106) has been acting up and giving me errors, etc. In monitor years it's about 115 years old. I've talked with BioMed /clinical engineering and been told not to break it further as parts are no longer available. I'm looking for a new monitor that is usable in the chamber. We monitor from the inside and don't penetrate the hull. My vent goes in as well. Anything we use has to have a solid battery life and be less than or equal to 25 volts. Shouldn't have NBP as those are run by electric brush motors. We're a large multiplace chamber and can go to 6ATA or 165 FSW, so it needs to be able to handle some pressure. The ICU's here use Spacelabs and I've checked with the manufacturer, none of their gear is hyperbaric compatible. So please let me know what you're doing in your center. Any suggestions or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Became an RN at 40, now 45. Round is the shape I'm in and I'm largely being held together by NSAIDs and neoprene. But my labs look like I'm a 20 year old marathoner. I should be good for another 30 years.

Neuro ICU ~2 years, SWAT & Rapid Response 3 years. Wound care and hyperbaric critical care 4 years with board certification in hyperbaric nursing.

"There isn't enough to call rapid response" I'm a Rapid Response nurse in an urban trauma hospital. From my perspective there's never a bad reason to call me. If you get a feeling, let me know and I'll come see your patient. If you're right hopefully we can intervene early and get a good outcome. If you're wrong (or maybe right but I don't see it yet) then at least the patient is on my radar and I can keep an eye on them. So call me. I won't be mad and we might all be glad you did. I'll take 100 false alarms to prevent one code. And if if someone tells you they think they're dying, tell me so that I can RUN.