Gas Supply Failure; Ventilator Failure; Mixer Failure - Dräger Perseus A500 Quick Manual

Emergency Scenarios

Gas supply failure

If the central gas supply fails, the message No
N O, O or AIR delivery appears on the screen.
2 2
Air or O will be delivered in place of the gas
2
mixture previously delivered; the amount of
fresh gas (l/min) will remain the same.
100% Air will be delivered if O
100% O will be delivered if N
2
• Open the appropriate back up cylinder or
reconnect the central gas supply.
If the carrier gas N O fails, you are able to use
2
Air and vice versa.

Ventilator failure

In case of ventilator error, the ventilator will stop
and display the error message VENTILATOR
FAILURE on the screen.
Fresh gas fl ow and monitoring functionality are
not affected.
Switch to Man/Spont and manually ventilate
the patient.

Mixer failure

The message GAS MIXER FAILURE appears
on the screen.
• Ventilation and monitoring functionality are
not affected.
• Switch to Add O
and set the required O
fl owtube. The O
2
the vaporiser.
18
fails.
2
O or Air fails.
2
on the mixer unit screen
2
fl ow on the
2
fl ow is channelled via
VENTILATOR FAILURE
GAS MIXER FAILURE