Functional checks 43
7.4 Checking the minute volume
Check the ventilation frequency
1. Open the valve of the oxygen cylinder slowly.
2. Switch on MEDUMAT Standard.
3. Select the following settings.
– Frequency: 8 min
-1
(left limit)
–MV: 5 l/min
– Ventilation pressure (Pmax): 60 mbar
– Air Mix: switched on.
4. Count the number of inspiration phases over a
period of one minute exactly. The number
should lie between 7 and 9.
5. Turn up the frequency to 40 min
-1
(right limit).
6. Count the number of inspiration phases over a
period of one minute exactly. The number
should lie between 38 and 42.
Check the breath volume
1. MEDUMAT Standard must be switched off and
the oxygen cylinder must be open.
2. Place the bag from test kit WM15335 on to the
patient valve.
3. Select the following settings:
– Frequency: 8 min
-1
–MV: 8 l/min
–P
max
: 60 mbar
–No Air Mix
Inspiration stroke =
MV/frequency = 8/8 = 1
4. Switch on MEDUMAT Standard. The test bag
must be completely inflated at the end of the in-
spiration phase. This ensures a breath volume of
1 litre per inspiration stroke. At all events the test
bag is not sufficiently inflated if a disconnection
alarm is set off. During the expiration phase you