Chapter 8
Alarms and messages
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Table 8-1: Alarm summary
Status
Alarm LED
on front
panel
Alarm status bar
Alarm message in
Alarms list Audio
*
Action required
Remote
alarm
No alarms Off None Off None Off
Autoreset
alarm
Off Red (high-
priority) or yellow
(low-priority)
Background color
same as that of
active alarm. Mes-
sage with strike-
out text. Alarm
icon.
Informa-
tional mes-
sage
Off Blue Blue background
color. Information-
al icon.
Important information or
instructions.
Low-priori-
ty alarm
Off Yellow Yellow background
color. Alarm icon.
Intermittent tone
at an interval of
approximately
20 seconds
Respond promptly. Trouble-
shoot as per Table 8-2.
High-prior-
ity alarm
Flashes Alternates black
and red
Red background
color. Alarm icon.
Repeating se-
quence of 5 tones
Respond immediately to
ensure patient safety. Trou-
bleshoot as per Table 8-2.
On
High-prior-
ity alarm –
Check Vent
Respond immediately to
ensure patient safety. Do
not use equipment that is
malfunctioning or that indi-
cates a potential problem
until the problem is cor-
rected. Troubleshoot as per
Table 8-3.
High-prior-
ity alarm –
Vent Inop-
erative
On contin-
uously
Vent Inoperative screen, including
code (Figure 8-2)
Primary alarm
(Repeating se-
quence of 5
tones) or backup
alarm (alternating
tone for a mini-
mum of 2 min-
utes)
Continued safe ventilator
operation may be in jeopar-
dy. Oxygen flow and blower
operation are disabled. Im-
mediately secure alterna-
tive ventilation for the
patient. Troubleshoot as
per Table 8-4.
Loss of
power
Off Blank Blank Immediately secure alter-
native ventilation for the
patient.
* The volume of the primary alarm is the same for low- and high-priority alarms.
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