Physiological Alarms; High Pressure Alarm - Breas Vivo 3 Clinician Manual

4 Press the Up arrow button to finish
the adjustment by deselecting the
setting.
5 When finished with the sound level adjustment, check that the alarm can be received
at the operator's position, see 7.1 Operator's Position, page 91.
7.3

Physiological Alarms

7.3.1

High Pressure Alarm

Property
Alarm text
Priority
Alarm condition
Possible cause
Reset criteria
Ventilator action
Setting range
Setting resolution
Setting Display
Doc. 007232 Y-2
Description
High Pressure
High
A High Pressure alarm will be given when the patient pres-
sure reaches the set High Pressure alarm limit for three con-
secutive breaths.
• Mismatch between pressure setting and alarm setting.
• Coughing during inspiration.
• Changes in airway resistance and or compliance.
A full breath is performed with maximum pressure below the
alarm limit.
The Vivo 3 will continue treatment according to the current
settings. The actual breath is however terminated if the High
Pressure alarm limit is reached.
• 5 cmH
O to 45 cmH
2
• Off
Note that the High pressure alarm cannot be set lower than
the value set for the Low pressure alarm.
Below 10 cmH O: 0.5 cmH
2
Above 10 cmH O: 1.0 cmH
2
The High Pressure alarm setting is displayed by a red line in
the pressure bar graph.
O
2
O
2
O
2
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