Ventec Life Systems V-Home - Setting V*Home Controls for Mouthpiece Ventilation; Setting V*Home Controls for High Flow Therapy

Controls and Settings
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Setting V*Home Controls for Mouthpiece Ventilation
Mouthpiece patient circuits are intended for use with patients at least 5 years of age, who can place their mouths on the
circuit to initiate breaths on their own.
NOTE: Because of the circuit size, set the Patient Type control to Pediatric during mouthpiece ventilation, even when
VOCSN is used with an adult patient. For more information on mouthpiece circuit conguration, see “Mouthpiece
Patient Circuit Setup” on page 30.
Setting the Circuit Type control to Mouthpiece will limit the available V*Home ventilation modes, controls, monitors, and
alarms as follows:
• The ventilation Mode control is limited to Spontaneous, Assist/Control-Pressure, and Assist/Control Volume.
In Assist/Control ventilation modes, only assist breaths will be provided to the patient.
• The Breath Rate, Apnea Rate, PEEP, and Leak Compensation controls are unavailable.
• The Flow Trigger control is limited to 1 to 3 L/min
• The Patient Circuit Disconnect, Low Minute Volume, and High Minute Volume alarms are unavailable.
• The Exhaled Tidal Volume, Minute Volume, and Leak monitors are unavailable.
• The Humidication control is unavailable, because humidication is not used with mouthpiece patient circuits.
NOTE: In some cases, setting the High Pressure or Apnea alarm and using the Breath Rate monitor may help ensure
patient safety.
Setting V*Home Controls for High Flow Therapy
High Flow therapy is intended for use with spontaneously breathing patients, and is most often delivered through a high
ow nasal cannula.
NOTE: For more information on using High Flow therapy with a nasal cannula, see “Using a High Flow Nasal Cannula”
on page 22.
The High Flow control is available in SIMV ventilation modes. Setting the High Flow control to On will limit the available
V*Home controls, so that only the Flow control is congurable, and only the Flow monitor displays a value. In addition,
the available Ventilation therapy alarms will be limited to Patient Circuit Disconnect.
NOTE: To ensure proper performance of the Pre‑Use Test, set the Circuit Type control to Valveless before setting High Flow to On.