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Messages on the system screen
(In alphabetical order according to priority)
Alarm messages are assigned to three priority classes
(alarm priority) in the system screen of the Cicero EM:
– Warning
»
!!!
« Text on red field
– Caution
»
!!
«
Text on yellow field
– Advisory
»
!
«
Text on white field
The patient's condition must be checked first,
before the machine is examined on account of
a possible measuring error!
Warning
Caution
Advisory
Message, cause and remedy
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Messages
Cause
Remedy
Warning messages
APNEA !!!
No breathing/ventilation. At least two measure-
ments have failed to detect a breath for
15 seconds.
Patient must immediately be
ventilated by hand!
Check patient's spontaneous
breathing ability (in
Man/Spont/IPPV/PCV or SIMV).
Check hoses, tube and ventilator.
APNEA CO2 !!!
No breathing/ventilation. No breath has been
detected for 15 seconds by expiratory CO
2
in
IPPV mode.
(In »Man/Spont alarm limits« mode, no breath has
been detected for 60 seconds, and in SIMV mode
for 30 seconds).
Patient must immediately be
ventilated by hand!
Check patient's spontaneous
breathing ability.
Check hoses, tube and ventilator.
APNEA PRESSURE !!!
No breathing/ventilation.
No change of pressure detected for 15 seconds.
Inadequate supply of fresh gas.
Leak in hose system.
(In "Man/Spont alarm limits" mode, no breath has
been detected for 60 seconds, and in SIMV mode
for 30 seconds).
Patient must immediately be
ventilated by hand!
Check fresh gas setting on
anaesthetic unit.
Check hoses and tube.
Check ventilator.
APNEA VOL !!!
No breathing/ventilation. No expiratory tidal volume
for 15 seconds.
Inadequate supply of fresh gas.
Tube buckled. Leak in hose system.
(In "Man/Spont alarm limits" mode, no breath has
been detected for 60 seconds, and in SIMV mode
for 30 seconds).
Patient must immediately be
ventilated by hand!
Check ventilator.
Check fresh gas setting on
anaesthetic unit.
Check tube and hose system.
ASYSTOLE !!!
No QRS waves detected in ECG signal for the
last 6 seconds.
Check patient's condition!
AW-TEMP
>
!!!
Inspiratory breathing gas temperature over 40
°
C.
Switch off breathing humidifier
and hose heater (if used). Set
lower heating level when tempe-
rature has dropped to 37
°
C.
FIBRILLATION !!!
Ventricular flutter detected for more than
3 seconds.
Check patient's condition!
