Hamilton G5 - Patient Window: Ventilation Timer

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5 Ventilator settings
5.3.2 Patient window: Ventilation timer
The Patient window displays a timer that shows how long
the patient has been ventilated. See Figure 5-2.
The timer records time as follows.
• The timer starts when you start ventilation.
• When you enter
Standby , the timer pauses. It picks up
again from the last value when you exit
Standby and
return to active ventilation.
• When you select
New Patient in the Patient Setup
window, the timer resets to 0.
• When you select
Last Patient in the Patient Setup
window, the timer continues from the last total time
recorded.
• When you select the
Reset button, the timer resets to 0.
To get an accurate count of how long a patient has been
ventilated, we recommend you reset the timer to 0 once
the patient is initially connected to the ventilator.
When the timer is reset, an entry is made to the Event log
recording the time of the reset, as well as how long the
ventilator had been running prior to the reset.
To reset the timer to 0:
1. Open the
Patient window (Figure 5-2).
2. Select the
Reset button. The timer starts again at
0d 0h 0min.
3. Close the window.