Datex-Ohmeda Aespire View, User'S Reference Manual

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Aespire View
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Alarm ranges
Alarm tests
Test the system to verify that alarms are functioning:
1. Connect a test lung to the patient connection.
2. Start a case.
3. Set the Bag/Vent switch to Vent.
4. Set the controls.
• Ventilation mode: Volume Control (VC).
• Ventilator.
— Tidal Vol: 400 ml
— Rate: 12
— I:E Ratio: 1:2
— Plimit: 40 cmH2O
— PEEP: Off
• Anesthesia machine.
— O2 flow: minimum flow (25-75 ml/min).
— All other gases: Off
— Push O2 flush button to fill bellows.
5. Set the O2 concentration to 30% and allow the O2 reading to
stabilize.
Alarm Range Increment Default
O2% high Off, 21-99% 1% Off
O2% low 18-99% 1% 21%
MVexp high Off, 0.5-30 l/min 0.5 l/min 10.0 l/min
MVexp low Off, 0.1-10 l/min 0.1 l/min 2.0 l/min
TVexp high 20-1600 ml 20 ml 1000 ml
TVexp low Off, 5-1500 ml 5 ml for less than
20 ml,
otherwise 20 ml
Off
Leak Audio On, Off N/A On