Covidien Puritan Bennett 560, User Manual

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Alarms and Troubleshooting
3-2 User’s Manual
3.1 Alarm Level of Priority
The alarm hierarchy for signalling the level of alarm criticality is listed below.
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Very High Priority (VHP): Immediate critical situation; ventilation is impossible:
Continuous Sound Signaling / With or Without Continuous Red LED Illumination / With or
Without Message / With or Without Display Lighting (it is possible for an alarm condition to
occur that may not have
both a message and lighting).
•
High Priority (HP): Critical situation in the short term; ventilation is potentially
compromised:
High Speed Intermittent Sound Signaling / Flashing Red LED Illumination / With Message /
With Display Lighting
•
Medium Priority (MP): Critical situation in the long term; ventilation is not affected
in the short term:
Medium Speed Intermittent Sound Signaling / Flashing Yellow LED Illumination / With
Message / With Display Lighting
Note:
If there is no corrective action and if the audible alarm is not inhibited (Audio Paused) or reset
(Alarm Reset) within 60 seconds, High Priority alarms will sound at the maximum level of 85 dB(A).
There are currently no Low Priority (LP) Alarms.