Settings
This setting uses continuous positive airway pressure.
CPAP
You have an adult patient presenting in tripod position and breathing heavily. They tell you they have COPD.
CPAP
An alarm keeps going off and you want to silence it. You press:
The cancel button
How do you know how many Lpm are being used?
O2 use in the FiO2 section.
This mode is used on fully intubated patients with volume based parameters.
A/C (V)
Your patient has been RSI'd due to flash pulmonary edema and declining respiratory effort. This setting should be used:
A/C (P)
Your patient with an asthma attack states it is hard to get air out. You should increase:
I:E ratio
How do you use Inverse I:E ratio?
Press the BPM parameter button, then once highlighted, turn the dial to the left. Press the green checkmark to confirm, and Inverse I:E ratio can now be used.
This mode is used for fully intubated patients with pressure based parameters.
A/C (P)
Your patient is a pediatric who had suffered a near drowning. The patient is awake and breathing on their own but shallow. This setting can be adjusted to make it easier for them to receive a breath:
Trigger pressure
Your patient on BL states it is too difficult to exhale. You should adjust:
EPAP
How do you determine plateau pressure?
Hold the manual breath button
This mode is for fully intubated patients and is meant to allow for spontaneous breath compensation. Typically for pediatrics.
SIMV (P)
Your patient is taking very large breaths and an alarm continues to go off. This parameter may need to be adjusted:
Upper pressure limit (PIP limit)
The brightness on the vent is too low. You can adjust brightness by pressing and holding:
The menu button
How do you adjust the trigger level?
To adjust this setting, press and hold the PIP parameter button and use the dial.
This mode allows for IPAP and EPAP to be adjusted so that ventilatory cycles are able to be completed more easily.
Bilevel or Bipap
This should control BPM if the patient presents with signs of delayed cycling.
Inverse I:E ratio
Your patient on CPAP is breathing very rapidly. You should adjust:
Rise Time
How do you adjust cycle off percentage? And what should it be set to?
Push and hold BPM parameter button. 25%