Alarm Behavior During The Maneuvers - Dräger Perseus A500 Instructions For Use Manual

Alarm behavior during the maneuvers

During the maneuvers, some alarms are adapted
as follows:
Alarm
Pressure alarms:
Airway pressure
high
Airway press. con-
tinuously high
Airway pressure
not achieved
Volume alarms:
Inspiratory tidal vol- Suppressed in VC
ume high
Minute volume low
Apnea alarms:
Apnea (no pres-
sure)
Apnea (no flow)
Apnea (no CO )
2
Apnea
1) Existing alarms are preserved. No new alarms will be issued.
Some technical alarms stop the maneuver
automatically, e.g., alarms caused by a sensor
failure.
Instructions for use Perseus A500 SW 2.0n
Insp./Exp. hold
Man. insp./Insp.
hold
---
1)
Stopped
1)
Stopped
and VC - AF
Displayed no sooner than 90 seconds after the start of the maneuver.
Maneuver
One-step recruit-
Exp. hold
Alarm limit is
--- adjusted to
Pressure + 5
When set to Auto,
the alarm limit is
--- automatically
adjusted to
Pressure +3
1)
Stopped Stopped
Suppressed in VC
---
and VC - AF
1)
Stopped
Multi-step recruit-
ment ment
Alarm limit is adjusted
to Pinsp max + 5
When set to Auto, the
alarm limit is automat-
ically adjusted to half
way between PEEP
max and Pinsp max.
Example:
PEEP max = 20 hPa
Pinsp max = 40 hPa
Adjusted alarm limit =
30 hPa
1)
Suppressed in VC
and VC - AF
Operation
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