Before Starting; Safety Instructions; Indications For Use; Precautions Of Use - Tyco Healthcare Puritan Bennett GoodKnight 425 Manual De Uso

BEFORE STARTING

Safety instructions

In order to ensure safe and efficient device usage, read this operating manual as well as page 1 in
the patient manual. Please pay special attention to the passages preceded by the following terms:
WARNING
CAUTION
NOTE
WARNINGS
1. Read the general warnings given in the patient manual.
2. Only use accessories authorised by the manufacturer, as listed in this manual.
3. The patient should receive the patient manual, as well as the instructions for using the
accessories.
4. Configure the GoodKnight 425 device according to the instructions given in this manual in
order to be able to use it under optimum conditions of safety and operation.

Indications for use

The Puritan Bennett GoodKnight 425 is indicated for use in treating Obstructive Sleep Apnea
(OSA) in spontaneous breathing patients weighing over 30 kg within a homecare and hospital
environment.

Precautions of use

The GoodKnight 425 device must be used with caution in patients presenting with the following
conditions:
Pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum
·
Severe bullous emphysema or previously complicated by pneumothorax
·
Massive epistaxis or previous massive epistaxis
·
Pneumoencephalus, trauma or recent surgery with the after-effect of a cranio-nasopharyngeal
·
fistula
Acute sinusitis, otitis media or perforation of the tympanic membrane.
·
GoodKnight 425 / GoodKnight 425 ST
There may be a danger of death or serious injury to the patient.
There is a possibility of material damage to this or any other device.
Indicates special points aimed at more efficient and practical operation.
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