Turning Off The Power; Working With Alarms - ResMed C28173 Manual

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When using with oxygen, turn off oxygen flow when stopping therapy.
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Turning off the power

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Stop the therapy.
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Press the power switch at the back of the device once and follow the instructions on the display.
Note: To disconnect the device from the mains power pull out the mains plug from the power
socket.

Working with alarms

WARNINGS
Carefully review the alarm settings prior to use to ensure that the alarm settings are
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appropriate for each individual patient.
This device is not intended to be used for vital signs monitoring. If vital signs
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monitoring is required, a dedicated device should be used for this purpose.
The device is fitted with alarms to alert you to changes that will affect the patient's treatment.
Alarm messages are displayed along the top of the screen. High priority alarms are displayed in
red, medium priority alarms in yellow and low priority alarms in light blue. The Alarm LED lights
red during high priority alarms and yellow during medium and low priority alarms.
The alarm volume can be set Low, Medium or High. From the Setup menu, select
Settings . After the set value has been confirmed, the alarm will sound and the alarm LED lights.
For more information on reviewing and changing alarm settings, see "Setup menu: Alarm
Settings" on page 37.
You can mute an alarm by pressing
sounds again. When an alarm is muted, the Alarm mute key LED will light constantly. For a high
or medium priority alarm, if after two minutes the problem is still present, the alarm will sound
again. Any active low priority alarm will be permanently muted and the Internal Battery Use
alarm will be cleared until the alarm condition is fulfilled again.
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Alarm message
Alarm LED
Alarm mute key
once. By pressing the Alarm mute key again, the alarm
Alarm