Chapter 6. Ventilator Alarms - PHILIPS Respironics Trilogy 100 Clinical Manual

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6. Ventilator Alarms

This chapter describes the ventilator alarms and what you should do

if an alarm occurs.

There are three types of alarms:

•

High Priority – Require immediate response by the

operator

•

Medium Priority – Require prompt response by the

operator

•

Low Priority – Require operator awareness. These alarms

alert you to a change in the ventilator status.

Additionally, the ventilator also displays informational messages and

confirmation alerts that notify you of conditions that need attention

but do not qualify as alarm conditions.

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Note: If multiple alarms occur

at the same time, all alarms are

processed and displayed, but

the alarms are ordered first by

priority and then by occurrence,

with the newest, highest priority

alarms at the top of the list.

The alarm precedence is in the

following order: high priority,

medium priority, low priority,

and informational messages.

Note: Not all alarms are

available in every therapy

mode; some alarms are mode-

dependent.

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