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Apollo
Safety Features
10.6 Ventilator and Fresh Gas Delivery Failure
If both the ventilator and gas mixer fail, the following message is displayed in
the status field on the screen: “GAS + VENT FAIL”.
The ventilation soft keys are removed from the screen and a prompt appears
advising the user how to proceed:
“Ventilator failure! Only manual ventilation possible.”
The machine automatically switches to Monitoring mode.
• Close N2O and air flow valves
• Check vaporizer setting
• Set O2 flow to the desired level using the total flow meter
• Ventilate the patient manually