7.3 Physiological Alarms
7.3.1 High Pressure Alarm
Property Description
Alarm text
High Pressure
Priority High
Alarm condition A High Pressure alarm will be given when the patient pres-
sure reaches the set High Pressure alarm limit for three con-
secutive breaths.
Possible cause
• Mismatch between pressure setting and alarm setting.
• Coughing during inspiration.
• Changes in airway resistance and or compliance.
Reset criteria
A full breath is performed with maximum pressure below
the alarm limit.
Ventilator action The Vivo 2 will continue treatment according to the current
settings. The actual breath is however terminated if the High
Pressure alarm limit is reached.
Setting range
• 5 cmH
2
O to 35 cmH
2
O
• Off
Note that the High pressure alarm cannot be set lower than
the value set for the Low pressure alarm.
Setting resolution Below 10 cmH
2
O: 0.5 cmH
2
O
Above 10 cmH
2
O: 1.0 cmH
2
O
Setting Display The High Pressure alarm setting is displayed by a red line in
the pressure bar graph.
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