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Alarms assumed default values whenever the equipment is restarted or any change in
patient.
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The apnea time may be switched off and in this condition, there will be no backup
ventilation.
“THE OPERATOR MUST BE AWARE OF RISK IS KEEPING APNEA ALARM OFF”
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The automatic adjustment of the alarm is based on the monitored values, therefore, may
only be used when the ventilator is NOT in standby mode and preferably when the
parameters are stable.
The priority of the alarm is determined by the equipment of the risk management process.
Table 20 - Alarm priority
Result potential
response to the
failure cause of the
alarm
Start of the potential damage
(1)
Immediate
(2)
Ready
(3)
Late
(4)
Death or irreparable
injury
HIGH PRIORITY
HIGH PRIORITY
MEDIUM PRIORITY
Repairable injury
HIGH PRIORITY
MEDIUM PRIORITY
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Small Injury or
discomfort
MEDIUM PRIORITY
-
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(1) Start of the potential damage refers to the occurrence of the injury and not to its manifestation.
(2) There is potential for the event to be developed over a period of time not usually sufficient for manual
corrective action.
(3) There is potential for the event to be developed over a period of time usually sufficient for manual corrective
action.
(4) There is potential for the event takes place in a specified period not greater than that provided in the
"prompt".
In this alarm system there is no changing the priority of the alarm condition and occurrence of more
than one alarm simultaneously.
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The high-priority alarm messages will be displayed alternately.
