Philips Respironics V60, User Manual

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Alarms, messages, and troubleshooting
9-3
Table 9-1: Alarm summary
Status
Alarm LED
on front
panel
Alarm status bar
Alarm message in
Alarms list
Audio
*
Action required
Remote
alarm
No alarms Off None Off None Off
Autoreset
alarm Off Red (high-
priority) or yellow
(low-priority) Background color
same as that of
active alarm. Mes-
sage with strike-
out text. Alarm
icon.
Informa-
tional mes-
sage Off Blue Blue background
color. Information-
al icon. Important information or
instructions.
Low-priori-
ty alarm Off Yellow Yellow background
color. Alarm icon. Intermittent tone
at an interval of
approximately
20 seconds Respond promptly. Trouble-
shoot as per Table 9-3.
High-prior-
ity alarm Flashes Alternates black
and red Red background
color. Alarm icon. Repeating se-
quence of 5 tones Respond immediately to
ensure patient safety. Trou-
bleshoot as per Table 9-3. On
High-prior-
ity alarm
–
Check Vent
Respond immediately to
ensure patient safety. Do
not use equipment that is
malfunctioning or that indi-
cates a potential problem
until the problem is cor-
rected. Troubleshoot as per
Table 9-4.
High-prior-
ity alarm
–
Vent Inop-
erative
On contin-
uously Vent Inoperative screen, including
code (Figure 9-2) Primary alarm
(Repeating se-
quence of 5
tones) or backup
alarm (alternating
tone for a mini-
mum of 2 min-
utes) Continued safe ventilator
operation may be in jeopar-
dy. O
2
flow and blower op-
eration are disabled.
Immediately secure alter-
native ventilation for the
patient. Troubleshoot as
per Table 9-5.
Loss of
power Off Blank Blank Immediately secure alter-
native ventilation for the
patient.
* The volume of the primary alarm is the same for low- and high-priority alarms.