TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. The CAREvent® ALS Handheld Automatic and Manually Triggered Resuscitator 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Warranty Information 1.3. The CAREvent® ALS Features 1.4. Performance Specifications 1.5. Safety Precautions 2. Pre Use Functional Checks 2.1. Set Up 2.2. Testing of the Individual Features of the Ventilator 3.
1. THE CAREvent® ALS Handheld Automatic and Manually Triggered Resuscitator 1.1. Introduction The CAREvent® ALS Handheld Resuscitator provides trained individuals with a safe and effective means of providing artificial ventilation during respiratory and/or cardiac arrest. The CAREvent® ALS Handheld Resuscitator is lightweight, portable, and extremely durable.
1.2. Warranty This equipment is manufactured from the finest quality materials. Each individual part is subject to strict quality control tests to ensure exceptionally high standards. The manufacturer warrants to the purchaser of the CAREvent® ALS Handheld Resuscitator that its component parts are free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of two years from the date of purchase.
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The CAREvent® ALS Handheld Resuscitator: • Delivers 100% oxygen during resuscitation (when attached to an oxygen source). • Meets American Heart Association/J.A.M.A. recommendations for C.P.R. • Provides physiologically normal respiratory rates and volumes. • Has an Audible Airway Pressure Limiting System set in accordance with the recommendations of the American Heart Association/ JAMA.
1.4. Performance Specifications (All specifications are subject to a tolerance of +/- 10% except the I:E Ratio which is subject to a tolerance of +/- 20% and Maximum Airway Pressure +0/-10%) Tidal Volume 150 - 600 ml Breaths per Minute 20 –...
1.5. Safety Precautions The CAREvent® ALS Handheld Resuscitator is designed to provide emergency ventilatory support to patients suffering from respiratory and/or cardiac arrest. The CAREvent® ALS Handheld Resuscitator is intended for use by suitably trained and qualified personnel. The following precautions should always be observed: Do not leave the patient unattended.
Having connected the supply hose to the regulator, ensure that the Setting Selector is in the OFF position and turn on the oxygen supply. Using a mild soap solution, spray the input connection to the resuscitator to check for leaks. If any leak is present, tighten the connection and re-test.
3.2. Manual Ventilation and Cardiac Compressions. The CAREvent® ALS Handheld Resuscitator has a Manually Actuated, Automatic Ventilation Override button (Manual Button) to assist in the timing of ventilations in conjunction with external cardiac compressions. By using the Manual Button, the operation of the ventilator can be easily timed with the chest compressions so as to avoid the potential problem of the aspiration of stomach contents due to gastric distension which may occur if overlap of chest compression...
3.3. Automatic Ventilation If you have been ventilating manually simply release the manual button and after a short pause (5 - 8 seconds) (17- 23 seconds in the G05 model), the ventilator will commence automatic cycling at the rate and volume selected. If you are commencing automatic ventilation immediately, rotate the setting selector to the setting appropriate for the size of patient being ventilated and the ventilator will commence...
3.4. Action to be taken if patient vomits during resuscitation Should the patient vomit into the mask during resuscitation the following steps should be followed to clear the foreign material: Remove the mask from the patient’s face and clear any foreign material from the patients airway.
Note: The use of a Transport Ventilator Circuit with the CAREvent® ALS will increase Demand Valve Triggering Pressure due to the secondary patient valve. The use of the Transport ventilator Circuit does not increase the patient valve deadspace. 4. Servicing 4.1.
DESCRIPTION PROCEDURE CRITERIA SCHEDULE User Manual Device in work Visual Chapter 4.1 order, gas Month User Inspection Monthly tanks are full, no Checking missing item Regulator work Function Within Every 6 pressure limiting User Check specification months pressure Within Every Level I Service Manual User...
5. CAREvent® ALS Handheld Resuscitator Accessories ORDER N PART 17MP9039 Reusable Patient Valve Swivel Housing 01PV1121 Reusable diaphragm (duckbill style) 01CV8015-Cs O-Two Deluxe Disposable Ventilation Circuit with PEEP Port 17MP1535-Cs Anti-Entrainment Ring 01FG6500 Mask Retaining Insert 01FG6501 Mask Insert Extraction Tool 01FG6502...
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Your Representative is: DEHP O-TWO MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. For your nearest Authorized O-Two Distributor In North America call Toll Free 1-800-387-3405 MedNet EC-REP GmbH SERIAL N Borkstrasse, 10 48163 Münster, Germany www.otwo.com 45A Armthorpe Road, Brampton, ON, Canada, L6T 5M4 Telephone: +1 905 792-OTWO (6896) N.A.
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