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Alarm system, Procedures, Control and ranges – GE Healthcare Engström Carestation User Manual

Page 4: Alarm settings

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EtO

2

:

Low:

Off, 10 to 99%

High:

11 to 100%, Off

EtCO

2

:

Low:

Off, 0.1 to 14.9% or Off,

0 to 114.5 mmHg

High:

0.2 to 15%, off

or 0.5 to 115 mmHg, Off

Ventilation soft
limit indicators: When adjusting selected ventilator

parameters, color indicators show when
parameters are approaching their setting
limits.

Parameters
with soft limits: P

max

, PEEP, P

insp

, P

supp

, T

insp

, RR, I:E, P

high

, P

low

,

T

high

and T

low

Alarm System

Escalating
alarms:

High priority alarms escalate to a higher pitch
if unattended for specifi ed time

Adjustable to:

0, 10, 20 and 30 sec, Off

Auto limits:

Alarm limits calculated on the current
measured values for selected parameters

Procedures

Suction

Program routine: Automatic

Pre-
oxygenation:

≤ 2 minutes with 100% O

2

with

automatic disconnection detection*

Standby pause: ≤ 2 minutes with automatic patient

(re-connection) detection

Post-
oxygenation:

≤ 2 minutes with 100% O

2

*

Note: FIO

2

can be set to level other than 100%

*Note: 5 to 75% above current FiO2 setting

Manual breath

Intrinsic PEEP (includes PEEP

i

Volume)

Lung
Mechanics: PØ.1

NIF

Vital

Capacity

Inspiratory hold: 2 to 15 sec (increments of 1 sec)

Expiratory hold: 2 to 20 sec (increments of 1 sec)

Spontaneous Breathing Trial (SBT)
(Adjustable range: 2 to 120 minutes)

Control and Ranges

(continued)

Insp. pause:

0 to 75% of inspiration time (increments of 5%)

T

pause

:

0 to 7.5 sec

0 to 1 sec (increments of 0.05)

1 to 4 sec (increments of 0.1)

4 to 7.5 (increments of 0.25)

0 to 11 sec

0 to 1 sec (increments of 0.05)

1 to 4 sec (increments of 0.1)

4 to 11 (increments of 0.25)

Pressure support
from PEEP level: 0 to 60 cm H

2

O for SIMV-VC, SIMV-PC,

SIMV-PCVG, BiLevel, BiLevel-VG and

CPAP/PSV (increments of 1 cm H

2

O)

0 to 30 cm H

2

O for NIV (increments

of 1 cm H

2

O)

End fl ow level: 5 to 80% of peak fl ow for NIV, SIMV-VC,

SIMV-PC, SIMV-PCVG, BiLevel, BiLevel-VG,
VG-PS and CPAP/PSV (increments of 5%)

Alarm Settings

Tidal volume:

Low:

Off, 1 to 345 mL

Off, 5 to 1950 mL

High:

3 to 350 mL, Off

10 to 2000 mL, Off

Minute volume: Low:

0.01 to 10 L/min

0.01 to 40 L/min

High:

0.02 to 40 L/min

0.4 to 99 L/min

Respiratory
rate:

Low:

Off, 1 to 99/min

High:

2 to 150/min, Off

2 to 120/min, Off

Inspired
oxygen (FiO

2

): Low:

18 to 99%

High:

24 to 100%, Off

P

max

:

High:

7 to 100 cm H

2

O

9-100 cm H

2

O (increments of

1 cm H

2

O) in NIV and nCPAP

P

peak

:

Low:

1 to 97 cm H

2

O

PEEP

e

:

Low:

Off, 1 to 20 cm H

2

O

High:

5 to 50 cm H

2

O, Off

PEEP

i

:

High:

1 to 20 cm H

2

O, Off

P

limit

:

7 to 100 cm H

2

O

Apnea alarm:

User adjustable:

5 to 20 sec

10 to 60 sec

Circuit leak:

10 to 90%, Off

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