14 Monitoring Carbon Dioxide
To change the imCO
Select imCO
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Changing the Apnea Alarm Delay
This determines the time limit after which the monitor alarms if the patient stops breathing.
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In the Setup CO
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In Setup awRR menu, select Apnea.
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Choose the apnea alarm delay time.
WARNING
Safety and effectiveness of the respiration measurement method in the detection of apnea, particularly
the apnea of prematurity and apnea of infancy, has not been established.
Deriving Alarms From awRR
In the Setup CO
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In the Setup awRR menu, select Alarms.
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Choose On to derive alarms from the airway respiration signal or Off to disable them.
Changing awRR Alarm Limits
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In the Setup CO
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Select High Limit to set the upper alarm limit.
Select Low Limit to set the lower alarm limit.
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Select the appropriate setting.
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high limit:
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High and choose the high alarm limit from the pop-up list that opens.
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menu, select awRR.
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menu, select awRR.
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menu, select awRR.
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Setting up all CO
Measurements
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