14 Monitoring Carbon Dioxide Setting up all CO
2
Measurements
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To change the imCO
2
high limit:
♦ Select imCO
2
High and choose the high alarm limit from the pop-up list that opens.
Changing the Apnea Alarm Delay
This determines the time limit after which the monitor alarms if the patient stops breathing.
1 In the Setup CO
2
menu, select awRR.
2 In Setup awRR menu, select Apnea.
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.
Deriving Alarms From awRR
1 In the Setup CO
2
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 CO
2
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.