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Messages
Messages related to spirometry measurement
For information regarding alarm priorities and escalation times, see the CARESCAPE Modular
Monitors Supplemental Information Manual.
Make sure you are familiar with the generic layout of the screen. This will help you identify
where on screen the following messages appear. The message location is indicated with the
following abbreviations:
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al. area = alarm area
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param. = parameter window
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report = report view
●
wavef. = waveform area
Message
Location Explanation What to do
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Connecting
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param.
Connection to the interfaced
device is being established.
●
No action required.
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Ext not supported
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param.
Interfaced device is not
supported.
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See the Unity Network
Interface Device (ID)
Operator's Manual for
supported devices.
●
If the problem persists,
contact authorized service
personnel.
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Low volumes
●
param.
The water trap may not be
properly connected, or there
may be a leak in the breathing
circuit.Tidal volumes detected
are so small that inspiration
and expiration cannot be
distinguished from each other.
●
Check the patient status.
●
Check the water trap and its
connection.
●
Check the breathing circuit
for leaks.
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Check the loops on screen to
locate the problem.
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MVexp << MVinsp
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param.
Exhaled volume is markedly
smaller than inhaled.
●
Check the patient status.
●
Check the ventilatory system
for leaks.
●
If the problem persists,
contact authorized service
personnel.
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MVexp high / MVexp
low
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al. area Measurement values are equal
to or outside the alarm limits.
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Check the patient status.
●
Adjust alarm limits if
necessary.
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No ext device
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param.
Interfaced device should be
checked.
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Check the interfaced device.
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If the problem persists,
contact authorized service
personnel.
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Over scale
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wavef. Gas signal exceeds the
maximum waveform area.
●
Check the patient status.
●
Select a larger scale for
waveform.
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