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Alarms
Vivo 40 clinician’s manual
Doc. 003886 En-Us A-1e
8.2 Physiological Alarm
Low Pressure Alarm
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Definition
A low pressure alarm will be given when the
Vivo 40’s pressure fails to reach the low pressure
alarm limit for 15 seconds.
Possible cause
• Disconnection of patient circuit.
• Setting is higher than IPAP/IPAPmin.
• Leakage from the mask or other components
of the patient circuit.
Setting
Parameter: Low pressure
Min:
Max:
Resolution:
2 cmH
2
O
IPAP/IPAP-
min
1.0 cmH
2
O
Ventilator action
The Vivo 40 will continue to give breaths with the
same settings.
Indication
The alarm is given audibly with a tone and visibly
by the red alarm LED and a display message.