Ventilator failure
The following message is displayed if the ventilator
fails: VENTILATOR FAIL (A).
A
Man.Spont.
D
B
This is indicated by a red cross through the ventila-
tor symbol on the screen (B) and disabled soft keys
for the ventilation mode.
A prompt appears, advising the operator how to
continue:
Ventilator failure. Only manual ventilation avail-
able. (C)
Primus automatically switches over to Man.Spont.
(D).
WARNING
Risk of patient injury
If the ventilator fails, the anesthesia machine
switches to the ventilation mode Man.Spont..
Set the APL valve to a correct pressure limit-
ing value and ventilate the patient manually.
WARNING
Risk of patient injury
If pressure and volume monitoring fails, the
patient cannot be adequately monitored.
Ensure adequate substitution monitoring.
Instructions for use Primus SW 4.5n
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Remedying faults
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