Control and ranges – GE Healthcare Engström Carestation User Manual
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Inspiratory time:
0.1 to 10 sec
0.1 to 1 sec (increments of 0.01)
1 to 4 sec (increments of 0.1)
4 to 10 sec (increments of 0.25)
0.25 to 15 sec
0.25 to 1 sec (increments of 0.05)
1 to 4 sec (increments of 0.10)
4 to 15 sec (increments of 0.25)
T
high
:
0.1 to 10 sec
0.1 to 1 sec (increments of 0.01)
1 to 4 sec (increments of 0.1)
4 to 10 sec (increments of 0.25)
0.25 to 15 sec
0.25 to 1 sec (increments of 0.05)
1 to 4 sec (increments of 0.1)
4 to 15 sec (increments of 0.25)
T
low
:
0.25 to 18 sec
0.25 to 1 sec (increments of 0.01)
1 to 4 sec (increments of 0.1)
4 to 18 sec (increments of 0.25)
0.25 to 18 sec
0.25 to 1 sec (increments of 0.05)
1 to 4 sec (increments of 0.1)
4 to 18 sec (increments of 0.25)
T
supp
:
0.1 to 0.8 sec (increments of 0.01)
0.25 to 4 sec for NIV
0.25 to 1 sec (increments of 0.05)
1 to 4 sec (increments of 0.1)
Expiratory time: 0.25 to 59.75 sec
0.25 to 29.9 sec Invasive vent modes
0.5 to 59.75 sec for NIV
Rise time:
0 to 500 ms of inspiratory period for either
fl ow or pressure depending on the mode
selected. Active in VCV, PCV, PCV-VG, SIMV-VC,
SIMV-PC, SIMV-PCVG, BiLevel-VG, NIV and
BiLevel (increments of 50 ms)
PSV rise time:
0 to 500 ms of inspiratory period for pressure
supported breaths only. Active in SIMV-VC,
SIMV-PC, SIMV-PCVG, BiLevel, BiLevel-VG,
CPAP/PSV and VG-PS (increments of 50 ms)
Trigger window: 0 to 80% of expiration time (increments of 5%)
Flow trigger:
0.2 to 1 L/min (increments of 0.05 L/min)
1 to 3 L/min (increments of 0.1 L/min)
3 to 9 L/min (increments of 0.5 L/min)
Pressure trigger: –10 to –3 cm H
2
O (increments of 0.5 cm H
2
O)
–3 to –0.25 cm H
2
O (increments of 0.25 cm H
2
O)
Bias fl ow rate:
2 to 15 L/min (increments of 0.5 L/min)
for
nCPAP
2 to 10 L/min (increments of 0.5 L/min)
8 to 20 L/min for NIV (increments of 0.5 L/min)
Control and Ranges
(continued)
Minimum rate:
2 to 60 breaths per minute for VG-PS
(increments of 1 breath per minute)
0 to 60 breaths per minute for CPAP/PSV
and 0 to 40 breaths per minute for NIV
(increments of 1 breath per minute)
Inspiratory/
expiratory ratio:
1:199 to 40:1 in BiLevel
1:9 to 4:1 (ventilator setting)
1:79 to 60:1 in BiLevel
Tidal volume
range:
2 to 350 mL
20 to 2000 mL
Incremental
settings:
2 to 50 mL (increments of 0.5 mL)
50 to 100 mL (increments of 1 mL)
100 to 350 mL (increments of 5 mL)
For VCV, PCV-VG, SIMV-VC, SIMV-PCVG,
VG-PS and BiLevel-VG
20 to 50 ml (increments of 0.5 ml)
50 to 100 ml (increments of 1 ml)
100 to 300 ml (increments of 5 ml)
300 to 1000 mL (increments of 25 mL)
1000 to 2000 mL (increments of 50 mL)
For VCV, PCV-VG, SIMV-VC, SIMV-PCVG
and
BiLevel-VG
Patient weight:
0.25 to 1 kg (increments of 0.01 kg)
1 to 7 kg (increments of 0.1 kg)
0.5 to 2 lb (increments of 0.02 lb)
2 to 15 lb (increments of 0.2 lb)
5 to 15 kg (increments of 0.5 kg)
15 to 100 kg (increments of 1 kg)
100 to 200 kg (increments of 2 kg)
10 to 34 lb (increments of 1 lb)
34 to 220 lb (increments of 2 lb)
220 to 440 lb (increments of 5 lb)
Inspiratory
pressure
(P
insp
) range:
1 to 98 cm H
2
O (increments of 1 cm H
2
O)
P
high
:
1 to 98 cm H
2
O (increments of 1 cm H
2
O)
P
low
:
Off, 1 to 50 cm H
2
O (increments of 1 cm H
2
O)
Pressure limit
(P
limit
) range:
7 to 100 cm H
2
O for VCV and SIMV-VC
(increments of 1 cm H
2
O)
Max. inspiratory
pressure
(P
max
) limit:
7 to 100 cm H
2
O (increments of 1 cm H
2
O)
9-100 cm H
2
O (increments of 1 cm H
2
O)
in NIV and nCPAP
PEEP:
Off, 1 to 50 cm H
2
O (increments of 1 cm H
2
O)
2-15 cm H
2
O (increments of 1 cm H
2
O)
in
nCPAP
2-20 cm H
2
O (increments of 1 cm H
2
O) in NIV
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