
Messages, cause and remedy
Messages on the monitor
76
Messages on the monitor
Messages
Cause
Remedy
ET CO2 LOW
!!
End-expiratory CO
2
concentration below lower
alarm limit for at least two breaths.
Check ventilation.
EXP-VALVE ?
!!
Fault in expiration valve. Measured value for minute
ventilation may be excessive.
Check expiration valve.
This message can be deacti-
vated until the next leak test by
pressing the key for muting the
audible alarmtone.
FRESH GAS ?
!!
Too little gas in manual ventilation bag.
Increase fresh gas flow. Repair
any leaks in hose system.
INSP CO2 HI
!
Inspiratory CO
2
concentration is above upper
alarm limit of 5 mmHg.
Replace the soda lime in the
circle system of the anaesthetic
workstation.
MIN VOL HIGH
!!
Minute volume exceeds upper alarm limit.
Correct tidal volume or
respiration rate on ventilator.
MIN VOL LOW
!!
Minute volume below lower alarm limit.
Tube clogged / kinked?
Leak in breathing system?
Ventilation volume limited by pressure limitation?
Check tube and hoses.
Seal breathing system.
Correct ventilation pattern.
N2O ERR
!
N
2
O gas measurement faulty.
Call DrägerService.
NO SPO2 PULS
!!!
No pulse signal detected by SpO
2
measurement
for approx. 10 seconds.
Check SpO
2
sensor (dropped
off? NiBP measurement on
same arm?).
O2
<
xx %
!
The alarm limit appears after the parameter
designation if the alarm limit for the inspiratory
O
2
concentration is below 21%.
PAW HIGH
!!!
Airway pressure exceeds the upper alarm limit.
Ventilation hose kinked? Stenosis?
Pulmonary problem? Cough?
Check patient's condition!
Check hose system, tube and
fresh gas flow.
PAW NEGATIVE
!!!
Negative airway pressure measured.
Check hose system and tube on
ventilator.
PRESS ERR
!
Pressure sensor defective.
Call DrägerService.
PRESS EXP HI
!!!
End-expiratory pressure more than 10 mbar over
PEEP.
Extend expiration period.
Check hose system and
microbial filter.
Empty water traps.
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