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9.2
Setting Alarms
To enter the alarm setting screen, press ALARM button
ALAR M
on the screen. One of the screens of the following table will
be presented:
1.
Positioning settings of lower and upper limits on the alarm screen:
2.
Adjustable alarms of capnography will be visible if the capnography is connected to the ventilator, as well as the
adjustable oximetry alarms will be visible when the oximeter is connected.
To change the alarm values just touch the area corresponding to the alarm limit to be set. The parameter touched will be selected
indicating that is possible to change; in this case, use the knob and confirm button to set the desired value and confirm by pressing
this button or by touching again on the parameter adjusted.
9.3
Alarm test
Adjustable alarm test
To perform alarm testing, a breathing circuit and a simulator balloon are required.
Caution
•
Never perform alarm testing with the patient connected to the equipment.
9.3.1.1
Pressure alarm
To test the high pressure alarm, enter PCV mode, set PEEP to zero, Pr insp to 5 and set the upper limit of the Ppeak alarm to
5. Set up the complete circuit, ventilate and press the test balloon so that the monitored pressure is greater than the set pressure.
To test the low pressure alarm, set the lower limit of the pressure alarm so that it is higher than the pressure monitored on the
device.
9.3.1.2
PEEP alarm
To test the high PEEP alarm, set the upper PEEP alarm limit so that it is lower than the PEEP monitored on the device. To test
the low PEEP alarm, set the lower limit of the PEEP alarm so that it is higher than the PEEP monitored on the device.
Setting the
Lower Limit of the Alarm
Setting the Upper Limit
of the Alarm
