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Alarm | Priority | Audible | Visual (Alarm | Device | User/Clinician Action |
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Low Circuit | High | • • • | • • | Red flashing button; | Operates | User: Press Alarm Indicator/ |
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Leak |
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| silence alarm. Or, press Left |
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| Clinician: Remove |
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| obstruction in leak device. |
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High Expiratory | High | • • • | • • | Red flashing button; | Operates | User: Press Alarm Indicator/ |
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Pressure |
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| Audio Pause button to |
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| Pressure” message |
| silence alarm. Or, press Left |
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| Make sure tubing is not |
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| kinked or pinched. Check |
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| patient’s breath rate. If alarm |
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| continues, contact your |
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| health care professional. |
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| Clinician: Check patient’s |
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| tubing to make sure it is not |
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| kinked or pinched. If alarm |
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Low Expiratory | High | • • • | • • | Red flashing button; | Operates | User: Press Alarm Indicator/ |
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Pressure |
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| Audio Pause button to silence |
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| Pressure” message |
| alarm. Or, press Left (Reset) |
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| button to reset alarm. Make |
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| sure tubing is not kinked or |
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| pinched. If alarm continues, |
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| contact your health care |
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| Clinician: Check patient’s |
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| tubing to make sure it is not |
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| kinked or pinched. If alarm |
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Chapter 6 Ventilator Alarms