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14.2.5. HFO Only Ventilator Set Threshold Alarms (SLE5000 only)................... 142
14.2.6. Patient Leak Alarm .................................................................................. 143
14.2.7. Reset Contamination Alarm .................................................................... 143
14.3. Patient Circuits, Humidification and Nitric Oxide Therapy ............................. 144
14.3.1. Patient Circuits with Incubators, Cots and Paediatric beds..................... 144
14.3.2. Autofeed Humidification chambers.......................................................... 145
14.3.3. Nitric Oxide Therapy................................................................................ 146
14.3.4. Nebulization of Medication ..................................................................... 147
15. Flow and Pressure Triggering ............................................................................... 150
15.1. Breath Detection Threshold (Flow Triggering) ............................................... 150
15.2. Breath Trigger Sensitivity (Pressure Triggering)............................................ 151
15.3. Setting the Pressure Trigger Level in CPAP, SIMV, PTV and PSV............... 152
16. Basic Set-up ............................................................................................................ 154
16.1. Pre Set-up Checks......................................................................................... 154
16.2. Setting the FiO
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16.3. CPAP Set-up.................................................................................................. 156
16.3.1. Actions After Connection to Patient in CPAP .......................................... 157
16.3.2. Ventilation Without a Flow Sensor Connected. ....................................... 159
16.4. CMV Set-up ................................................................................................... 160
16.4.1. Actions After Connection to Patient in CMV............................................ 161
16.4.2. Ventilation Without a Flow Sensor Connected. ....................................... 162
16.5. PTV Set-up .................................................................................................... 163
16.5.1. Actions after connection to patient in PTV .............................................. 164
16.5.2. Ventilation Without a Flow Sensor Connected. ....................................... 166
16.6. PSV Set-up .................................................................................................... 167
16.6.1. Actions After Connection to Patient in PSV............................................. 168
16.6.2. Ventilation Without a Flow Sensor Connected. ....................................... 170
16.7. SIMV Set-up................................................................................................... 171
16.7.1. Actions After Connection to Patient in SIMV ........................................... 172
16.7.2. Ventilation Without a Flow Sensor Connected. ....................................... 175
16.8. HFO Only Set-up (SLE5000 only).................................................................. 176
16.8.1. Actions After Connection to Patient in HFO ............................................ 177
16.8.2. Ventilation Without a Flow Sensor Connected. ....................................... 177
16.9. HFO+CMV Set-up (SLE5000 only) ................................................................ 178
16.9.1. Actions After Connection to Patient in HFO+CMV .................................. 179
16.9.2. Ventilation Without a Flow Sensor Connected. ....................................... 179
17. N5201 Flow Sensor ................................................................................................ 182
17.1. Calibration of the Flow Sensor....................................................................... 182
17.2. Cleaning and Sterilization .............................................................................. 184
18. Frequently Asked Questions ................................................................................. 188
18.1. Ventilator Related Questions ......................................................................... 188
18.1.1. What range of patients is the ventilator designed to ventilate? ............... 188
18.1.2. Can the ventilator be used without a flow sensor?.................................. 188
18.1.3. How often must the flow sensor be calibrated?....................................... 188