Dräger Perseus A500 Instructions For Use Manual page 154

Configuration
Vertical tab "Autoset limits"
Headline/
Parameter
Offset for "Autoset limits" function
Automatic adjustment of the parameters to current measured values, see
page 111
By touching the Autoset button, the alarm limits are adjusted so that the upper
alarm limit is above the current measured value by at least the percentage or
value set here and the lower alarm value is correspondingly below it.
Example:
etCO
2
±
[%]
Paw
+ [mbar]; [hPa];
[cmH O]
2
MV
±
[%]
VTi + [%]
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Setting range
In the PC - CMV mode:
measured MV: 5 L/min
set offset: ±40 %
new alarm limits: 7 and 3 L/min
Off; 20 to 80
20
Off; 5 to 20
5
Off; 20 to 80
40
Off; 20 to 80
40
Description
In modes with low or no breathing
support (Man / Spon, Ext. FGO
(optional), CPAP / PSV (optional)
and Pause), a further
20 percentage points are added to
the configured value.
The following parameters are
taken into account when determin-
ing the Paw value: PIP, Pplat,
Pinsp, PEEP, ∆Psupp and Phigh.
In the Man / Spon and Pause
modes, the new alarm limit is at
least 25 hPa.
In modes with low or no breathing
support (Man / Spon, CPAP / PSV
(optional) and Pause), a further 20
percentage points are added to
the configured value.
The setting for this parameter has
no effect in volume-controlled ven-
tilation modes.
Instructions for use Perseus A500 SW 2.0n