Alarms
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Disabling Alarms from the Alarm Configuration Menu
There are clinical situations where an alarm occurs, and in the user’s clinical judgment, this
alarm is a nuisance that does not affect the safe management of the patient.
The Z Vent ventilator allows a series of alarms to be disabled for the duration of the current use.
These alarms are listed in the following table:
To disable an alarm, press the Menu button and use the Dial to scroll to the alarm configuration
menu. Press the Accept button. Then scroll down to the alarm that is to be disabled using the
Dial and press the Accept. Use the Dial to select off, and then press the Accept to complete the
change.
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Alarms that have occurred in the current operating session can be canceled.
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Alarms which have not occurred since turn on are indicated with a “--”.
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Disabled alarms are not be saved in the User Settings for the next session.
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All disabled alarms reappear (if appropriate) when the ventilator is next used. (As an
example, the Self Check Fault, calibration due Alarm # 3120, reappears in the next
operating session.)
Note:
To avoid nuisance alarms, the Auto-PEEP alarm (#3091) is disabled at start up.
The user can choose to activate the alarm if they believe the patient is at risk of Auto-
PEEP.
Patient Detect Mode
When powering on the device with the Start Menu, the device has a Patient Detect (PD) alarm
to detect if a patient connected to the device is in a nonventilating state. The device detects
pressure changes which reflect the following conditions:
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Infant through adult patients with no inspiratory effort
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Infant through adult patients with active inspiratory effort
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Infant through adults with patient circuits connected to masks.
In the event a patient is detected before a Start Menu option is made, a medium priority alarm is
displayed to indicate that a patient is connected to a nonventilating device.
Alarm Title
Service Code
Constraints
Auto PEEP
3091
To avoid nuisance alarms, the Auto-PEEP
alarm is disabled at start up.
The user can choose to activate the alarm if
they believe the patient is at risk of Auto-PEEP.
PEEP Leak
2090
Alarms that have occurred in the current
operating session can be canceled.
PM Due
3120
RTC Battery
3110
Inspiratory Demand
3092
Intake Restricted
3032
