Alarm Settings - GE iVent 201 Series User's Reference Manual

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ALARM SETTINGS

2. Press the Clear button on the keypad. This silences the alarm and minimizes
the alarm pop-up window. If the condition which caused the alarm is not
resolved, the minimized alarm appears red and is labeled with a text
message that describes the alarm condition. After 30 seconds, the alarm
pop-up window maximizes and sounds an audible alert.
Rectify all alarm conditions immediately. Always make sure that the
patient is safe. An alternate means of ventilation must be available at
all times.
3. Press the red Silence button on the keypad. This stops the alarm sound and
minimizes the alarm pop-up window. A two-minute timer starts, which
shows in the bottom right beside an icon showing a crossed-out bell (Figure
132)
Figure 132: Silenced Alarm Icon
For as long as the condition causing the alarm is not corrected, the minimized
alarm appears red with a text message that describes the alarm condition. If the
alarm condition is not resolved within two minutes, the alarm pop-up window
maximizes and sounds an audible alert.
Rectify all alarm conditions immediately.
patient is safe. An alternate means of ventilation must be available at all
times.
If more than one alarm condition occurs, the alarm messages appear
sequentially according to their order of appearance from left to right on the
minimized alarm bar.
To clear a minimized green alarm indicator from the bottom of the LCD screen,
press clear for two seconds.
All alarms are logged in the logbook. Clearing an alarm also creates a log
entry in the logbook
The following alarms are user-adjustable:

High and Low Respiratory Rate

High and Low Minute Volume

High and Low Pressure
The Low Pressure alarm is updated automatically when setting the PEEP value. It
can also be adjusted from the Alarm Settings screen

Apnea Time
Always make sure that the
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