Connecting The Breathing Gas Humidifier; Fixing The Hinged Arm; Safety Information For Connecting The Breathing Gas Humidifier - Dräger Carina Instructions For Use Manual

ExpV
The status line on the screen shows ExpV.

Connecting the breathing gas humidifier

Safety information for connecting the
breathing gas humidifier
WARNING
Risk of patient injury
When using a breathing gas humidifier with-
out heated hoses condensate may increase
the resistance.
Use a water trap.
WARNING
Risk of damange to the device and of patient
injury
Position device and breathing gas humidifier
on a flat, stable surface. Otherwise the breath-
ing gas humidifier may fall down.
WARNING
Risk of patient injury
Increased resistance values may cause hy-
poventilation.
When using a breathing gas humidifier do not
use an additional heat and moisture ex-
changer (HME).
Instructions for use Carina SW 3.2n
Tube
PC-AC

Fixing the hinged arm

To prevent the breathing hose from kinking, Dräger
recommends the use of a hinged arm.
 Attach the hinged arm with rail clamp to the uni-
versal rail on the trolley and fix in position.
WARNING
Risk of patient injury
When using active humidification the device
may not detect a disconnection due to the re-
stricted monitoring function.
Use suitable monitoring.
Assembly and preparation
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