Servo 900c

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Specializes in Step down, ICU, ER, PACU, Amb. Surg.

I could use any help from my fellow nurses. I have gone from a facility that used the very nice and very user friendly (in my opinion) Hewlett Packard computerized vent to a facility that uses the Servo 900c. I am now lost and when I asked question of both my current fellow workers and the RT at my facility, no one oculd give me any help on how this critter works or how to tell what the TV, mode and such other info that is needed for report. I figured out where the RR was and I found where the FiO2 is but that is about all I can get. I found a web site on line that had a free interactive on this model vent but I am having issues with DLing the entire program and have contacted the site. In the mean time if anyone has a cheat sheet that they use for just such a beast as this, i would love to obtain the info so that i do not feel so lost. Thanks!

Christie

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Have you tried this link?

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What frightens me the most is that the RT's couldn't (or wouldn't) help you. You should definitely be given an inservice of sorts on the vent and how to use it.

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I agree! I'm not questioning your clinical skills, but you can't be competent to operate a piece of unfamiliar equipment without an inservice first. It's unsafe for the patient, and possibly your licence.

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Specializes in Step down, ICU, ER, PACU, Amb. Surg.

KC and Don,

I agree....that is why i was asking for any cheat sheets to help me until I can corner the Staff Development Nurse for help. It is a huge liability and what bothered me even more was that the other nurses that I work with seem clueless too! Hopefully tomorrow will give me a chance to get in touch with Staff Developement about an inservice on the vent. Thanks for all the wonderful support from you guys. I really have worked way too hard to loose that license.

PS: Don, I know you aren't questioning my competency, so no worries there. I am big enough to know when I need help and not afraid to ask for it. The competency would come into question if I refused to see assistance where I am weak. If I get the inservice and help, I can work it with no sweat.

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I looked at the title of this thread and thought it was about MST3K LOL :D

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Lucky for you, my wife is a nurse and I am a RT. Soooooooo she has asked me to help you. The Servo 900c does not have a set TV. You set the Minute volume(MV) and the RR. So to get the TV, you have to calculate it by dividing the MV by the RR. All of the modes are on the bottom left hand side of the front panel, if I remember right. The 900c has become obsolete vent out here in Denver. If you need more info, let us know and I can pull out my old school books with all the info on that vent.-from mark, RT

Christie-hope this helps. Feel free to PM and I'll pass any messages on to my husband.-Kris

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Specializes in Step down, ICU, ER, PACU, Amb. Surg.

kc ccurn,

Many thanks for enlisting the help of your DH. It is marvelous to have a place that we as nurses can come to for support, education, help and to let our hair down and have fun! I finally got the interactive program that I was trying to DL, DL'd. If anyone else is interested the link is : http://home.t-online.de/home/BESIM/

Like I said in my original post it has been years since I have seen this dinosaur. I misspoke myself when I said hewlett packard.....I meant Puritan Bennett...both the older, bellows type model (that still have everything a nurse would need to know very visible) and the newer, computerized model. Today, my goal is to try and corner the Staff Development RN and get an inservice on the creature so that I do not feel like a fish out of water, providing sub-quality care to my patients....no matter how brief a time I may have them in my care.

Thanks again to your hubby, Mark, Kris......I dropped you a pm.

Christie

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