Dräger Perseus A500 - Screen

Operating concept
40 Instructions for use Perseus A500 SW 2.0n
Screen
Main screen
The main screen displays the most important
information regarding anesthesia and ventilation.
AHeader bar
The header bar contains the following fields:
– Patient category
– Patient data
– System information (date, time, device
name)
– Alarms, messages, and instructions for the
user, see page 191
– Information regarding temporarily
deactivated alarms
B Monitoring area
The following information is displayed in the
monitoring area:
– Gas measurement
– Waveforms
– Parameter fields
– Loops (Pressure-Volume and Flow-
Volume)
– Mini-trends
– Virtual flow tubes
– Prediction for anesthetic agents or FiO
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(optional)
Information regarding configurable fields, see
page 173.
C Main menu bar
The main menu bar contains permanently
assigned buttons to open dialog windows and
activate functions.
These buttons are assigned to various groups.
Touching a button opens the corresponding dialog
window with the same name or activates the
corresponding function.
For more information, see page 282.
D Therapy bar
The ventilation settings can be adjusted in the
therapy bar.
Electronically controlled gas mixer:
– Tabs for selecting ventilation mode
– Therapy controls for ventilation parameters
– Therapy controls for fresh-gas delivery
Mechanically controlled gas mixer:
– Tabs for selecting ventilation mode
– Therapy controls for ventilation parameters
Therapy bar
The illustration shows the expanded therapy bar
for the electronically controlled gas mixer:
A Name of active ventilation mode
B Tabs
C Therapy controls
D Message field for information
E Buttons to expand and shrink the therapy bar.
F Field with additional information:
– Additional and calculated set values
– Spontaneous breathing activity of the
patient
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