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INDICATIONS AND WARNINGS
INDICATIONS
Adaptive Bi-Level is indicated for patients who exhibit clinically appropriate
conditions for facemask ventilation. Such patients include those with acute or
chronic respiratory insufficiency secondary to acute exacerbation of COPD;
hypercapnic acute respiratory failure, or decompensated heart failure.
WARNINGS
WARNING Patients exhibiting an altered level of consciousness requiring
intubation for mechanical ventilation, inability to tolerate facemask
ventilation (injury, burn etc.), or severe decompensated respiratory
failure requiring intubation should not be treated with a face mask.
SETUP
To set up and apply facemask ventilation:
1. Power up the ventilator.
2. Select Patient Weight based on ideal body weight.
3. Select the Adaptive Bi-Level mode, by proceeding to the Ventilation Modes
option and using the Control Knob to choose Adaptive Bi-level.
Figure 126: Adaptive Bi-Level Selected
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