Introduction - Siare Siaretron 4000 User Manual

5.1

Introduction

The lung ventilator is equipped with automatic means for detection and identification of
serious and sudden events through alarm signals or information signals.
The aim of the alarm signal is to draw the attention of the user on the event, as well as to
indicate the required response speed.
Level or urgency
•
Immediate, the event is potentially able to develop in a period of time which generally is
not enough to undertake a corrective manual action.
•
Brief, the event is potentially able to develop in a period of time which generally is
enough to undertake a corrective manual action.
•
Delayed, i.e. that the event is potentially able to develop in a not specified period of
time.
Level of severity
•
Severe, i.e. leading to irreversible damage.
•
Moderate, i.e. leading to reversible damage.
•
Minor, i.e. involving a distress or leading to a minor damage.
5-2
WARNING !! Risk of injury for the user / patient
All the pictures and the examples shown in the present chapter have the
mere purpose of being an example and they do not make any reference to
real clinical cases.
WARNING !! Risk of injury for the patient
Before using the lung ventilator, it is recommended to set the entries and
the parameters referred to the alarms.
The combination of urgency level and severity level of the listed factors,
determines the assignment of priority condition of an alarm situation.
The parameters and the characteristics (activation time, presence or lack of
an acoustic and/or luminous indicator) and the possible user's actions
respect to the alarm signals (silencing, suspend, inhibit) are described here
below.
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