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IMPACT 754 VENTILATOR: IN-FLIGHT EMERGENCIES
**These procedures should be practiced before being performed on live patients**
Any known malfunction of the ventilator should be addressed prior to flight. The following
are not for routine use, but for emergencies when alternate ventilatory measures are not
available and long-term BVM is not practical.
Loss of high-pressure O delivery when needs exceed 21% FiO (i.e., missing/unserviceable green
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high-pressure hose) will alarm and show the following on screen:
“O LOW/FAIL CHECK OXYGEN SOURCE/CONNECTIONS”
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NOTE: First place the patient on BVM with supplemental O . Second, check oxygen tank
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volume. Third, check the O lines and connections.
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Alternative Methods to Increase Delivered Oxygen Content
1. Commercial oxygen reservoir kit for low-pressure supply is available (Part #820-0097-15)

2. Oxygen reservoir fashioned from the primary circuit and BVM
a. Connect a short portion of the main circuit tube to the BVM and to the air inlet port.
b. Connect the BVM O hose to the BVM and the regulator.
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c. Set the regulator to the desired setting (~10 LPM, but no lower than total minute volume.

3. Oxygen reservoir fashioned from a second ventilator patient circuit.
a. Cut/disconnect the exhalation valve from the second ventilator circuit.
b. Remove the transducer fitting from the exhalation valve and attach it to the main circuit.
c. Connect the transducer hose to the original transducer fitting and the other end to a regulated
oxygen source.
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