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Alarms
Vivo 65 users manual
Doc. 006088 En-US U-1b
High Inspired Tidal Volume Alarm (High Vt
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Definition
A High Inspired Tidal Volume alarm will be
given when the monitored Inspired Tidal Vol-
ume exceeds the set limit for the High Inspired
Tidal Volume alarm for 15 ±0.5 seconds.
This alarm is only used if the Vivo 65’s patient
circuit type is set to Exhalation valve (single
limb) circuit.
Priority
Medium
Possible cause
• Mismatch between Inspired Tidal Volume and
alarm setting.
• Mismatch between selected and used patient
circuit.
• Pressure settings causing the Inspired Tidal
Volume to exceed the set alarm level.
• Leakage from the mask or other components
of the patient circuit.
Setting min
300 ml (Adult), 50 ml (Pediatric)
Setting max
2500 ml, Off (Adult),
400 ml, Off (Pediatric)
Setting resolution
10 below 600 ml, 100 above 600 ml
Ventilator action
The Vivo 65 will continue treatment with the
same settings.
Indication
The alarm is given audibly with a tone and visibly
by the yellow alarm LED and a display message.