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Alarm Menu
Puritan Bennett 540™ Ventilator User’s Manual
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2.9 Alarm Menu
Figure 2-5. Alarm Menu
Alarm menu with ventilation on standby.
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Alarm menu when not in standby.
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Title line:
Displays ventilation mode and
the following symbols:
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Battery if the ventilator
is powered by the internal
battery
.
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Audio paused if an
alarm is currently inhibited.
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Alarm paused if an
alarm has been canceled
manually and the cause of
the alarm remains.
2 Alarm settings:
Displays the specific alarm
parameter values for the
currently selected
ventilation mode, which are:
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Low and High alarm
threshold settings, and
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Current monitored
patient readings, or
hyphen (-) when
ventilation is in standby.
3 Access line to Alarm Log menu.
Highlight this line and press the
ENTER key to display the
Alarm Log menu.
Refer to manual section 3.3, “Alarm
Logs Menu,” on page 3-3 .
4 Status/monitored data window:
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Ventilation stopped (Standby):
displays the message, “PRESS
TO START VENTILATION.”
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Ventilation on: parameters are
monitored and displayed.
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The Inspiratory Effort
Detected symbol
appears
adjacent to the monitored I:E
ratio when the patient actively
triggers a breath.
5 Alarm message window:
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For Active alarms, scrolls
through active alarm
messages in flashing
reverse video.
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For Inactive alarms,
displays the last alarm
along with its trigger
date and end-of-event
time.
Refer to chapter 3, “Alarms
and Troubleshooting” for
more information.