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Increased RR Rate: Ensure All Alarms Are Set With Appropriate Parameters Each Shift!

This document summarizes common ventilator alarms and appropriate responses. It lists increased respiratory rate, apnea, low exhaled tidal volume/minute volume, high pressure, and low pressure alarms and recommends reassessing the patient's work of breathing, sedation level, for leaks, and consulting respiratory therapy or a physician as needed. It emphasizes manually ventilating with a bag valve mask if in doubt and calling for help.

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Increased RR Rate: Ensure All Alarms Are Set With Appropriate Parameters Each Shift!

This document summarizes common ventilator alarms and appropriate responses. It lists increased respiratory rate, apnea, low exhaled tidal volume/minute volume, high pressure, and low pressure alarms and recommends reassessing the patient's work of breathing, sedation level, for leaks, and consulting respiratory therapy or a physician as needed. It emphasizes manually ventilating with a bag valve mask if in doubt and calling for help.

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Ventilator Alarms covid19.epicclearning.

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Ensure all alarms are set with appropriate
parameters each shift!
INCREASED Patient is tiring on a weaning mode
RR RATE or experiencing pain/anxiety
Reassess WOB & provide analgesics/sedation
Consult RT/MD & consider adjusting mode/PS

Patient fails to take spontaneous breath


APNEA within set interval (usually 20 seconds)

Reassess for over sedation & decrease PRN


Assess for tiring & consult RT/MD to adjust to full ventilation PRN

Patient tiring on weaning mode


LOW EXHALED ETT cuff or ventilator circuit leak
TV/MV Pressure limit reached in PC mode
Auscultate trachea for cuff leak, check pilot balloon, & add air PRN
Check circuit for leaks & tighten all connections
Consult RT/MD to increase RR in PC mode if MV is low

Coughing, bronchospasms, secretions,


HIGH pneumothroax
PRESSURE Biting on or kinking of the ETT
Excess water in ETT/circuit
Suction patient & remove excess water from tubes
Auscultate lungs & provide bronchodilators/order CXR PRN
Insert bite block & increase sedation PRN then reassess ETT
placement

LOW Cuff or circuit leak


PRESSURE
Auscultate trachea for cuff leak, check pilot balloon, & add air PRN
Check circuit for leaks & tighten all connections

When in Doubt:
MANUALLY VENTILATE with a BVM

Never be afraid to
CALL FOR HELP!
COVID-19 1. Clamp the ETT
2. Diconnect from ventilator & attach BVM
Specific: 3. Unclamp ETT & MANUALLY VENTILATE

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