THE CARDIFF PLUG-IN VAPORIZER

The Diamedica Draw-Over Vaporizer: a comparison of a new vaporizer with the Oxford Miniature Vaporizer.

The Diamedica Draw-Over Vaporizer (DDV) has been developed as an alternative to the Oxford Miniature Vaporizer (OMV). Both can function as draw-over or plenum vaporizers. The performances of these two vaporizers were compared under conditions simulating intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPV) and continuous flow (CF). Series 1 experiments were conducted with the vaporizers in water ba...

The desflurane Tec 6 vaporizer.

A late development model of the Tec 6 vaporizer for the administration of desflurane vapour has been evaluated. It is heated electrically and has both electronic monitors of vaporizer function and alarms. The new filling system is a significant improvement over previous Tec filling systems. The vaporizer requires a warm-up period before it may be used, but when activated it provides an output t...

CARDIFF UNIVERSITY Attention in the Pigeon

A simple improvement in the EMO vaporizer.

The EMO (Epstein, Macintosh, Oxford) ether vaporizer has received worldwide acceptance as a simple thermo-compensated anaesthetic apparatus. Equipped with a Penlon bellows and a nonrebreathing valve, safe ether-air or methoxyflurane-air anaesthesia can be administered with this machine in almost any geographical location. An extensive bibliography of clinical papers related to the use of this a...

Potentially fatal vaporizer incident.

EDITOR: We wish to report a potentially fatal critical incident that occurred during an elective operating theatre list. A similar problem [1] has been recently highlighted by the MHRA but without the emphasis of its potentially fatal nature (Fault in Draeger Vapor 2000/D-Vapor Vaporizer series with the interlocking device, MDA/2006/030) [2]. This series of vaporizers for isoflurane and sevo-fl...