6.3.6 High Vt
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Alarm (High Expired Tidal Volume)
Property Description
Alarm text
High Vte
Priority Medium
Alarm condition A High Expired Tidal Volume alarm will be given when the
monitored Expired Tidal Volume exceeds the alarm limit for
15 seconds.
This alarm is only used if the Vivo 65’s patient circuit type is set
to Dual limb or Leakage (single limb) circuit.
Possible cause
• Mismatch between Expired Tidal Volume and alarm setting.
• Mismatch between selected and used patient circuit.
• Pressure settings causing the Expired Tidal Volume to exceed
the set alarm level.
Setting range
• 300 ml (adult), 50 ml (paediatric) to 3000 ml (adult), 600 ml
(paediatric)
• Off
Setting resolution 10 below 600 ml, 100 above 600 ml
Ventilator action The ventilator will continue treatment with the same settings.
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