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5 ADAPTIVE BI-LEVEL ........................................................................................................................................ 129
Introduction ............................................................................................................................. ..................... .................... ............... 131
About Adaptive Bi-Level............................................................................................................................................................. 131
Guide to Adaptive Bi-Level ....................................................................................................................................................... 131
Indications and Warnings ......................................................................................................................................................... 132
Indications ...................................................................................... ............................. ..................................................................... 132
Warnings ......................................................................................... ............................................................... ..................... .............. 132
Setup ................................................................................................. .................................................................................................. 132
Adaptive Bi-Level Alarm Settings .......................................................................................................................................... 134
Other Alarm Options .................................................................................................................................................................... 134
Adjusting Adaptive Bi-Level Parameters ........................................................................................................................... 134
Adaptive Bi-Level Window .......................................................................................................................................... .............. 135
Easy Exhale ........................................................................................................................................................................ .............. 137
Optimizing the Patient Ventilator Interface ...................................................................................................................... 137
Resolving Patient Ventilator Dysynchrony ........................................................................................................................ 137
Excessive Ventilation ................................................................................................................................................................... 137
Excessive Leak ................................................................................................................................................................. .............. 137
Non-Triggered Breaths (Inspiratory Trigger Failure) ..................................................................................................... 138
Excessive Triggering (auto cycling): ...................................................................................................................................... 138
I:E Cycling Dysynchrony .......................................................................................................................... .................... ............... 138
Premature I:E Cycling .................................................................................................................................................... .............. 138
6 ALARMS ............................................................................................................................................................ 141
Introduction ............................................................................................................................. ..................... .................... ............... 143
How Alarms Work ........................................................................................................................................................... .............. 143
Responding to an Alarm ......................................................................................................................... ..................... .............. 143
Alarm settings ................................................................................................................................................................................ 144
Changing Individual Alarm Settings ........................................................................................................................ ............. 145
Setting the Respiratory Rate Alarm .................................................................................................. ...................... .............. 146
Setting the Minute Volume Alarm ........................................................................................................................................................ 147
Setting the Pressure Alarm ...................................................................................................................................................................... 148
Setting the Apnea Time Alarm ............................................................................................................................................................... 149
Setting the FiO2 Alarm .............................................................................................................................................................................. 150
Setting the Leak Alarm .............................................................................................................................................................................. 151
Auto Settings ........................................................................................................................... ..................... ..................... .............. 152
Alarm Options .................................................................................................................................................................. ............... 153
Setting the Alarm Volume ........................................................................................................................................................................ 154
Setting the Inverse I:E Ratio Alarm ....................................................................................................................................................... 154
Setting the Tidal Volume Not Delivered Alarm ............................................................................................................................... 155
Disabling or Enabling the Patient Circuit Disconnect Alarm .................................................................................................... 156
Guide to Alarm Definitions and Priorities ........................................................................................................................... 158