Lung Ventilator Use - Siare Falco 202 Evo User Manual

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LUNG VENTILATOR USE

This chapter shows you how to use the Falco 202 Evo (10.4") lung ventilator for intensive
care, (hereinafter called lung ventilator).
Thoroughly read this chapter and the whole manual to make sure respiratory parameters
and alarm limits are set correctly and choose the most suitable ventilation mode. The User
must choose the Operative modes and the alarm limits best matching patient's
physiological state and pathologies.
WARNING !! Patient/User injury hazard
Before starting the lung ventilator, you have to:
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CAUTION
Before subjecting the patient to a lung ventilation treatment, please:
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Graphics interface and control keyboard use
For methodology of the use of touch screen and/ or control keyboard and
encoder knob, see chap. 2.2.
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carry out the preliminary checks (please see the previous chapter).
set the language and the PATIENT DATA (please see chap. 4.3 and
chap. 4.2).
set and check the Alarms limits (please see chap. 4.5).
set the physiological respiratory parameters and the operative mode that
match the patient's clinical situation best (please see chap. 4.7).
set the airway pressure limit alarm to a value that does not exceed 20
cmH O; this way you will prevent any problems that might arise due to
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incorrect respiratory volume or frequency setup (you can increase the
pressure if the patient's pathology and conditions require such
modification).
check the set oxygen concentration (FiO
affect the patient's health.
please consult this User Manual.
WARNING !! Patient injury hazard
All figures and examples featured in this chapter are purely informative and
do not refer to real clinical cases.
) as high concentrations might
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