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Alarms
Vivo 40 clinician’s manual
Doc. 003886 En-Us A-1e
High Breath Rate Alarm
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Definition
A high breath rate alarm will be given when the
delivered breath rate exceeds the high breath rate
alarm limit for 15 seconds.
Possible cause
The alarm for high breath rate is activated if the
patient hyperventilates or if the ventilator starts to
self-trigger because of incorrect settings.
Setting
Parameter: High breath rate
Min:
Max:
Resolution:
10 BPM
60 BPM, Off
1 BPM
Ventilator action
The Vivo 40 will continue to give breaths with the
same settings.
Indication
The alarm is given audibly with a tone and visibly
by the yellow alarm LED and a display message.
