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In Setup awRR menu, select Apnea Time.
3 Choose the apnea alarm delay time.
WARNING
Safety and effectiveness of the respiration measurement method in the detection of apnea,
particularly the apnea of prematurity and apnea of infancy, has not been established.
Prolonged delay: The selected apnea alarm delay may be prolonged by up to 17 seconds, if an apnea
occurs during the automatic zero process. This applies to the Microstream (M3015A/B) measurement
only.
Deriving Alarms From awRR
1 In the Setup CO₂ menu, select awRR.
2 In the Setup awRR menu, select Alarms.
3 Choose On to derive alarms from the airway respiration signal or Off to disable them.
Changing awRR Alarm Limits
1 In the Setup CO₂ menu, select awRR.
2 Select High Limit to set the upper alarm limit.
Select
Low Limit to set the lower alarm limit.
3 Select the appropriate setting.