When a ventilator-dependent patient is treated outside a health care facility (e.g. in
the home setting) there should always be a trained caregiver present to respond to
alarms or conditions the patient is unable to solve on their own (e.g., troubleshooting
alarm conditions and taking appropriate corrective action). The home medical equip-
ment provider will ensure that the family caregivers are appropriately trained in
responding to alarms and taking appropriate corrective action prior to the patient’s
discharge from the health care facility to the home, and will provide on-going train-
ing to new caregivers as required or indicated.
Always have immediate access to an alternative means of ventilation, which is ready
for use, to avoid patient death or serious injury. Failure to have an alternate means of
ventilation can result in serious injury or patient death if ventilator fails.
To prevent death or serious injury, monitor the patient and the ventilator regularly in
order to determine the need to provide emergency ventilation when an alarm sounds
or the ventilator malfunctions.
Measured values for volume and expired CO
2
may differ from the actual patient val-
ues due to unintentional leaks.
Do not obstruct the gas intake port.
To prevent disconnection of the patient circuit during use, only tubes in compliance
with ISO 5367 or ISO 80601-2-74 should be used.
The ventilator may not work properly if any part has been dropped, damaged or sub-
merged in water.
WARNING!
Risk of Burns
Covering breathing tubes with a blanket or heating them with an overhead heater
can affect the quality of the therapy or injure the patient.
WARNING!
Risk of Faulty Treatment
If the patient is admitted to a hospital or is prescribed any other form of medical
treatment, always inform the medical staff that the patient is on mechanical ventila-
tion treatment.
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