Hamilton G5 - Introduction

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10 Responding to alarms
10.1 Introduction
The HAMILTON-G5’s alarms notify the operator of problems.
These alarms can be categorized as:
• High priority
• Medium priority
• Low priority
Additionally there are other alarms conditions associated with
technical fault alarms and operator messages.
The main monitoring parameters (MMP) change their colors
when a corresponding alarm activates. The color reflects the
priority of the alarm.
Table 10-1 shows the audio and visual characteristics of these
types of alarm and tells you how to respond. Figure 10-1
shows the ventilator’s visual alarm indications. You can
view active alarms in the active alarm buffer (Figure 10-2).
Information about the alarm is also stored in an event log
(see Section 10.4).
When an the alarm condition is serious enough to possibly
compromise safe ventilation, the device defaults to the
ambient state. The inspiratory valve closes, and the ambient
and expiratory valves are opened, letting the patient breathe
room air unassisted.