Philips BiPAP A40 - Warnings

BiPAP A40 user manual
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1.3 Warnings and Cautions
Warnings
A warning indicates the possibility of injury to the user or operator.
Patient
Monitoring
Prior to placing a patient on the ventilator, a clinical assessment should be
performed to determine:
• The device alarm settings
• Needed alternative ventilation equipment
• If an alternative monitor (i.e., an alarming Pulse Oximeter or
Respiratory Monitor) should be used
Personnel
Qualications
BiPAP A40 is a restricted medical device designed for use by Respiratory Therapists
or other trained and qualied caregivers under the supervision of a physician.
This manual serves as a reference. The instructions in this manual are not intended to
supersede your health care professional’s instructions regarding the use of the device.
The prescription and other device settings should only be changed on the order of
the supervising physician.
The operator should read and understand this entire manual before using the device.
SD Card
Prescription
Changes
When making a therapy prescription or alarm setting change with the SD card,
the health care professional must review and verify any prescription changes
before using the device. The health care professional is responsible to ensure that
the prescription settings are correct and compatible with the patient after using
this feature. Installing the wrong prescription for a particular patient may result in
improper therapy, lack of appropriate safety monitoring, and injury to the patient.
Battery Back-up
Power
The ventilator has a two-stage low battery alarm. The medium priority alarm
indicates that approximately 20 minutes of operation remain, and the high priority
alarm indicates that less than 10 minutes of operation remain. Actual run time may
be more or less than this and varies with battery age, environmental conditions,
and therapy.
Immediately seek an alternate power source when the “Low Battery” alarm appears.
Complete power failure and loss of power is imminent.
Operating
and Storage
Temperatures
Do not use this device if the room temperature is warmer than
40˚ C (104˚ F) because the temperature of the airow may exceed 43˚ C. This could
cause thermal irritation or injury to the patient’s airway.
Do not use the device while positioned in a warm place, such as direct sunlight.
Device Start-Up Make sure the device is working properly at start-up (when entering standby
mode). Always verify that the audible tone sounds and the alarm LEDs light red
then yellow momentarily. Contact Philips Respironics or an authorized service
center for service if these indications do not occur at start-up. See Chapters 4 and 5
for more information about device start-up.