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IMPACT 754 VENTILATOR: IN-FLIGHT EMERGENCIES
Compressor Failure/Alarms (may show Code 2)
1. Place the patient on BVM with supplemental O 2
2. Cycle ventilator to OFF
3. Turn FiO knob (#5) to 100%
2
4. Cycle back on and to desired settings, leaving FiO at 100%
2
a. PEEP will have to be reset when the vent is cycled on.
NOTE: This technique will transition the ventilator to using oxygen pressure instead of the
compressor to drive ventilation and may hasten oxygen usage
Battery Failure
1. Place the patient on BVM with supplemental O 2
2. Turn the ventilator OFF
3. Replace the ventilator battery with the battery from the 326M suction apparatus. (Per the
manufacturer, they are the same!)
a. 326M battery is in the same location as the 754.
4. Resume normal operations
a. PEEP will have to be reset when the vent is cycled on.

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