Breas Nippy 4 - Low Breath Rate Alarm

6.3.12 Low Breath Rate Alarm
Property Description
Alarm text
Low Breath Rate
Priority High
Alarm condition A Low Breath Rate alarm will be given when the delivered total
breath rate is below the alarm limit for 15 seconds.
Possible cause
• Mismatch between the Breath Rate setting and the alarm
setting.
• The patient cannot trigger breaths because the inspiratory
trigger setting is too high.
• Decrease in the patient’s spontaneous breathing.
• Circuit disconnection.
Reset criteria
The breath rate goes above the alarm limit.
Ventilator action The Nippy 4 will continue treatment according to the current
settings.
Setting range
• 4 bpm to 40 bpm
• Off
Setting resolution 1 bpm.
Alarms
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