Apl Valve - Dräger Fabius plus Instructions For Use Manual

Overview

APL valve

WARNING
Risk of patient injury
Wires and cables can get caught under the
APL valve adjustment knob and block the

APL valve.

Lay all cables and wires, e.g., sample line so
that they do not get caught.
The APL valve has 2 functions:
– During manual ventilation, the maximum
airway pressure is limited.
– During manual ventilation and spontaneous
breathing, excess gas is discharged into the
anesthetic gas scavenging system.
The functional state is only guaranteed if the
ventilator is in ManSpont mode or is bypassed.
Different settings can be made on the APL valve
adjustment knob:
– Change between manual ventilation (Man) and
spontaneous breathing (Spont)
– Setting of the maximum airway pressure for
manual ventilation
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NOTE
The APL valve is automatically separated from
the breathing system as soon as an automatic
ventilation mode is selected.
WARNING
Risk of excessively high airway pressures
If the ventilator fails, the device switches into
the ManSpont ventilation mode.
The APL valve should also be set to a
pressure limitation value suitable for the
patient when using automatic ventilation
modes. If the ventilator fails, ventilate the
patient manually.
Instructions for use Fabius plus SW 3.n