Alarm system, Procedures, Control and ranges – GE Healthcare Engström Carestation User Manual
Page 4: Alarm settings
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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