Introduction
It is recommended that all sections of this User Guide be read prior to product use.
Carefully review the Contraindications, Safety Information and Risks and Precautions
sections prior to placing a patient on any AtmosAir® with SAT™ Mattress Replacement
System (MRS).
Caregivers should review this information with the patient and the patient's family and / or
legal guardian. Save this User Guide in an easily accessible location for quick reference.
This User Guide is comprised of the following AtmosAir MRS series:
• AtmosAir with SAT 4000 Series
• AtmosAir with SAT 9000 Series
• AtmosAir with SAT T-Series
• AtmosAir with SAT A-Series
The AtmosAir MRS comes in a wide variety of lengths and widths to support various
customer requirements. Contact an Arjo representative for additional product information.
Indications
• The AtmosAir MRS is intended to treat and prevent all categories of pressure ulcers.
Contraindications
• unstable vertebral fracture
• cervical and skeletal traction
Risks and Precautions
Transfer – Standard precautions should be taken during patient transfer.
Side Rails and Restraints – WARNING: Use or non-use of restraints, including side rails,
can be critical to patient safety. Serious or fatal injury can result from the use (potential
entrapment) or non-use (potential patient falls) of side rails or other restraints. See related
Safety Information.
Patient Migration – Specialty surfaces have different shear and support characteristics
than conventional surfaces and may increase the risk of patient movement, sinking and /
or migration into hazardous positions of entrapment and / or inadvertent bed exit. Monitor
patients frequently to guard against patient entrapment.
Oxygen Use - DANGER
of ammable anesthetics. Use of this products pump in an oxygen-enriched environment
may produce potential of re hazard. This equipment is not suitable for use in the presence
of a ammable anesthetic mixture with air or with oxygen or nitrous oxide. Unplug and do
not use pump when using oxygen-administering equipment other than the nasal mask or
half-bed-length tent type.
Shock Hazard - Electrical shock hazard; do not remove pump case covers. Refer to
quali ed service personnel.
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Risk of explosion if the AtmosAir pump is used in the presence
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