Dräger Savina

Fault – Cause – Remedy
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Fault – Cause – Remedy
Alarm messages in the alarm display field are displayed in hierarchical order.
For example, if two faults are detected at the same time, the more critical of the two is displayed.
The priority level of the alarm messages is identified by exclamation marks:
Warning = !!! Message with top priority
Caution = !! Message with medium priority
Advisory = ! Message with low priority
Savina displays a message for your guidance in the information line when certain alarm messages occur.
The messages are listed in the table in alphabetical order.
In the event of an alarm, this table is designed to enable you to identify the cause and take rapid
corrective action.
Message Cause Remedy
!!! Airway pressure high The upper alarm limit for the airway
pressure has been exceeded. The patient
is "fighting" the ventilator; cough.
Check patient condition.
Check ventilation pattern.
Correct alarm limit if necessary.
Ventilation hose kinked. Check hose system and tube.
!!! Airway pressure low Leaking cuff. Inflate cuff and perform leak test.
Leak or disconnection. Check hose system for tight connections.
Check that the expiration valve
is properly engaged.
!!! Ambient press. meas. inop. Internal absolute pressure sensor faulty. Due to a fault in the ambient pressure
measurement, Savina calculates the tidal
volume V
T and minute volume MV values
on the basis of 1013 mbar, in the
absence of current measurements.
If the »Airway pressure high« alarm is
correctly set and the incorrect tidal
volume VT and minute volume MV values
are tolerable, Savina can continue to be
used.
Keep a check on the patient’s condition.
Call DrägerService.
!!! Apnoea Patient’s spontaneous breathing has
stopped.
Apply controlled ventilation.
Flow sensor not calibrated or faulty. Calibrate flow sensor.
Replace if necessary.
Apnoea alarm time T
Apnoea is set
less than time for one respiration phase
(T
Apnoea < 60/f).
Extend apnoea alarm time T
Apnoea .
Disconnection. Reconnect.