9.2 HIGH PRIORITY ALARMS
Remedies
Possible causes
Alarm Message
Check patient and breathing system.
Check ventilator settings.
Preset or default alarm limit exceeded.
Time between two consecutive
inspiratory efforts exceeds the set alarm
limit.
Apnea
Refer to service.
Remove water from tubing and check
humidifier settings, e.g., relative humidity.
Check heater wires in humidifier (if
present).
Check connections of tubing and
expiratory cassette.
Problems with patient tubing or
expiratory pressure transducer.
Disconnected pressure transducer
(expiratory or inspiratory).
Blocked pressure transducer (expiratory
or inspiratory).
Water in expiratory limb of ventilator.
Wet or clogged bacteria filter.
Excessive leakage.
Check tubing
Connect the expiratory cassette.
Replace the expiratory cassette.
Perform a Pre-use check if a new
expiratory cassette is inserted.
The expiratory cassette is disconnected
or not connected properly.
Expiratory cassette
disconnected
Check patient and breathing system.
Check trigger sensitivity setting.
Check alarm limit settings.
Preset or default alarm limit exceeded.
Increased patient activity.
Ventilator self-triggering (autocycling).
Improper alarm limit setting.
Expiratory Minute
Volume: High
Check patient
Check cuff pressure.
Check patient breathing system (perform
leakage test if necessary). Check pause
time and graphics to verify.
Consider increased ventilatory support
for the patient.
Preset or default alarm limit exceeded.
Note:
This alarm also works as a patient
disconnect alarm.
Low spontaneous patient breathing
activity.
Leakage around the cuff.
Leakage in the patient breathing system.
Improper alarm setting.
Expiratory Minute
Volume: Low
Check the gas connections.
Air and O
2
supply is below 2.0 kPa x 100.
Both air and O
2
gas supply disconnected.
Gas supply
pressures: Low
Check patient and breathing system.
Check ventilator settings.
Contact a service technician.
Obstruction leading to constant high
airway pressure (>PEEP +15 cmH
2
O)
during:
> 2 breaths or 5 seconds, whichever
is greater,
15 ±1.5 s if less 2 breaths are
triggered
High continuous
pressure
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