Cardiac Output Monitoring using Swan Ganz Catheter

In this video, we review how we monitor cardiac output in our ICU using the swan ganz pulmonary artery catheter and how to connect it to the Edward's Lifescience Vigilance II and Hemosphere.
This video was made for educational purposes only and was not made in partnership with any medical device companies.

[@rebeccahcasteel7753]

❤very educational and helpful

[@BetterBiomedChannel]

1:37 The coil wrapped around the catheter which sits in the right ventricle is a heating element. The temperature monitoring / CO thermistor is 4-2 cm from the tip of the catheter (down by the balloon). Excellent video!

[@lorib5323]

excellent demo, thanks so much.

[@sheiladumont580]

Referring to the internal measurement of the PA catheter: the nearest measurement to the sleeve is the number used to indicate how far in the PA catheter is. Why are subtracting?