Covidien Puritan Bennett 560, User Manual

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Ventilator Overview
2-8 User’s Manual
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
.
•
Audio paused if an alarm is
currently inhibited.
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Alarm paused if an alarm has
been cancelled manually and the
cause of the alarm remains.
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Apnea Alarm deactivation
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Exhalation valve symbol.
•
No exhalation valve symbol.
2
Alarm settings:
Displays the specific alarm parameter
values for the currently selected
ventilation mode, which are:
•
Min and Max alarm threshold
settings, and
•
Current monitored patient
readings, or hyphen (-) when
ventilation is in standby.
3
Access line to Alarm
Logs menu.
Highlight this line and
press the
ENTER
key to display the
Alarm Logs menu.
Refer to manual section
3.3, “Alarm Logs
Menu”
.
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.
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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.