Contraindications - Breas Vivo 3 Clinician Manual

Training and Certification
Service personnel shall be trained on the Vivo 3 and certified by Breas for being allowed
to perform any service, repairs or other operations on the Vivo 3. The training consists
of reading the services manual in complete. After completed training the certification
test may be performed.
Related Documents
• The Service Manual.
• The User Manual.
• Service bulletins, available for certified service personnel on the Breas extranet.
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Contraindications

The Vivo 3 is not a life-support ventilator and is contraindicated in patients who are
unable to tolerate more than brief interruptions in ventilation.
If a patient has any of the following conditions, therapy with positive airway pressure
may be contraindicated and the prescribing clinician shall decide if the benefit of ventila-
tory assistance overweighs the risks:
• Untreated pneumothorax
• Pneumomediastinum
• Inability to maintain a patent airway or adequately clear excessive respiratory
secretions
• Severe acute systemic complications (shock, unstable arrhythmias, myocardial
ischemia)
• Severe bullous lung disease
• Risk of vomiting
• Pathologically low blood pressure, especially if associated with intravascular volume
depletion
• Cerebrospinal fluid leak, recent cranial surgery or trauma
The use of the Vivo 3 is contraindicated in an MRI environment.
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