Dräger Narkomed 2B - Monitor Controls; Setting the Pressure High Alarm Limit

Section 5 - Operation
Breathing Pressure Monitoring
Monitor Controls
You use the pressure alarm keys to set breathing pressure alarm limits
and to turn the apnea alarm on and off. These keys are in the middle
row of the key bank to the right of the right-hand display screen.
MEANPEEP PEAK
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HI
PRESSURE ALARMS
APNEA
ALARM
DISABLE
HIGH PRESSURE
ALARM LIMIT KEY
THRESHOLD PRESSURE
ALARM LIMIT KE
Y
APNEA ALARM
(THRESHOLD
PRESSURE)
DISABLE KE
Y
INCREMENT KEY
DECREMENT KEY
50
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Setting the
Pressure High
Alarm Limit
The pressure high alarm limit is automatically set to 50 cmH
2
Oat
power-up. You can change this limit within the range of 30 to
125 cmH
2
O.
NOTE: If you set the pressure high alarm limit on or below
60 cmH
2
O, the breathing pressure waveform is scaled from
0–40 cmH
2
O. If you set the alarm limit higher than
60 cmH
2
O, the waveform is scaled from 0–125 cmH
2
O. At
this broader scale, the threshold pressure alarm limit (a
horizontal dotted line) is not shown with the trace.
To adjust the pressure high alarm limit, follow these steps:
1. Press the HI alarm limit key.
A box is drawn around the pressure high alarm limit.
2. Press the increment (up arrow) or decrement (down arrow) key to
increase or decrease the pressure high alarm limit.
If you do not press a key within five seconds, the highlighting box
disappears. To begin again, return to step 1.
3. To save the new value, simply stop pressing keys.
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