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Messages, cause and remedy
Messages on the monitor
Messages on the monitor
Messages
Cause
Remedy
APNOEA PRES
!!!
Ventilation at a standstill.
No change of pressure detected for 15 seconds;
30 seconds in the case of SIMV alarm limits.
Inadequate supply of fresh gas.
Leak in hose system.
Patient must immediately be
ventilated by hand!
Check fresh gas setting on
anaesthetic unit.
Check hoses and tube.
Check ventilator.
APNOEA VOL
!!!
Ventilation at a standstill. No expiratory tidal volume
for 15 seconds; 30 seconds in the case of SIMV
alarm limits.
Inadequate supply of fresh gas.
Tube kinked. Leak in hose system.
Patient must immediately be
ventilated by hand!
Check ventilator.
Check fresh gas setting on
anaesthetic unit.
Check tube and hose system.
AW-TEMP HIGH
!!!
Inspiratory breathing gas temperature over 40
°
C.
Disconnect breathing gas
humidifier. Set lower heating
level when temperature has
dropped to 37
°
C.
CO2 ERR
!
Sidestream measurement is faulty.
Call DrägerService.
CO2 LINE BLK
!
Sample line blocked.
Replace sample line and water
trap if necessary.
Check sample line is not kinked.
Examine measuring gas return
line for stenosis, replace
microbial filter if necessary.
CO2 OFF (
_
)
!
CO
2
alarm deactivated.
COM VENT ERR
!!!
Communication between ventilator and monitor
interrupted or faulty.
Alarm limits do not change over
automatically. Set alarm limits by
hand if necessary.
Call DrägerService.
Valve discs in the breathing
system defective.
Set the sampling rate to
200 mL/min due to the high
frequency and time constant of
the CO
2
sensor.
COOLING 8050 ?
!
Temperature inside machine too high.
Clean filter at rear.
Call DrägerService.
ET CO2 HIGH
!!
Upper alarm limit for end-expiratory CO
2
concentration has been exceeded for at least two
breaths.
Check ventilation.
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