Setting Up the Z Vent Ventilator
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ZOLL Z Vent Ventilator Operator’s Guide
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Warning!
Default settings are intended to speed the configuration of the ventilator. Particular
care should be taken to adjust the ventilator appropriately before ventilating infants
and children. The ventilator should always be adjusted before placing the patient on the
ventilator.
The predefined configurations (Adult, Pediatric, Mask CPAP) are default settings defined
within the specified use. The Custom default can be used to define a configuration that supports
your use and/or patient population. See Chapter 4 for more information.
To select the device’s default parameter values, highlight one of the above settings in the
Start
Menu
and press the
Accept
button. To operate with parameter values that differ from the
default values, use the device’s parameter buttons (see the “Changing Parameter Values”
section later in this chapter).
Note:
You can configure the ventilator to automatically select Adult parameter defaults at
start up from the start config submenu from the menu.
Warning!
Never use the CPAP and BL mode on a patient that is NOT spontaneously breathing
and/or may stop spontaneous breathing. CPAP and BL are intended for
ventilatory
support
, NOT
ventilation
.
When noninvasive CPAP and BL with LC is used, the head with mask icon appears in the
location used by the speaker/mute icons. Low and Medium priority alarms cause this head with
mask icon to disappear. It reappears when low priority alarms are muted.
When Medium priority alarms are muted, the muted speaker icon appears.
8. Change Operating Mode (Optional)
The ventilator offers four operating modes that you can use to manage the patient (active
modes, AC and SIMV can provide either pressure or targeted ventilation):
1.
AC
(Assist/Control)
-
- The patient receives either controlled or assisted breaths. When the
patient triggers an assisted breath, the patient receives a breath based on either the volume or
pressure target.
2.
SIMV
(Synchronized Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation)-- The patient receives controlled
breaths based on the set breathing rate. Spontaneous breaths are either unsupported demand
flow or supported using Pressure Support.
3.
CPAP
(Continuous Positive Airway Pressure)
-- The patient receives constant positive
airway pressure while breathing spontaneously. Spontaneous breaths are either demand flow
or supported using Pressure Support.
4.
BL
(Bilevel) -- the ventilator provides two pressure settings to assist patients breathing
spontaneously: a higher inspired pressure (IPAP) and a lower expiratory pressure (EPAP).
Note:
SIMV mode is an optional mode on the Z Vent ventilator that might not be available on
your Z Vent ventilator.
To select the operating mode, press the
Mode
parameter button, turn the
Dial
to highlight the
mode you want to use, and press the
Accept
button.
