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5 Ventilator settings
Rate (low and
high)
Low and high monitored total breath
rate (fTotal), including both spontane-
ous and mandatory breaths. If either
limit is reached, a medium-priority
alarm is annunciated.
NOTE:
Respiratory rate monitoring on
the ventilator requires breath
delivery followed by detection
of expiratory flow at the proxi-
mal flow sensor.
Low: 0 to
128 b/min
High: 2 to
130 b/min
SpO
2
(low and
high)
Low and high. Make sure that the
SpO
2
measurements is activated and
the corresponding alarms are correctly
set.
Low: 70 to
99%
High: 71 to
100%
Vt (low and
high)
Low and high expiratory tidal volume,
for two consecutive breaths. If either
limit is reached, a medium-priority
alarm is annunciated.
Low: Off, 0 to
2950 ml
High: Off, 1 to
3000 ml
Table 5-3. Alarm limit settings and ranges
Parameter Definition Range
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