Set up

If I was to purchase a cpap machine from your on line service, would it be set up with my prescription, to my specifications. So that when I received it I would be able to just plug it in & use it or would I need to have it set up somewhere else?

This is not the customer service enail address for https://www.cpap.com

You should email them directly.

But to answer your question - I don't think online vendors set your pressures. I think all machines are pre-set with an out of the box pressure, and it's up to the DME or end user to re-set it.

In your case, that would be YOU.

https://www.cpap.com ships their Respironics M Series machines with the full clinical manuals, so you can set all your settings yourself.

I can't speak for other machines they sell.

Good luck!
B.

CPap.com did set my machine per the prescription before sending it to me, however they also send the manual so you can set it yourself.

Any online/Internet seller HAS TO HAVE (a copy of) your prescription in order to sell you a machine. APAPs (Autos) can be ordered with a CPAP prescription. A straight-pressure CPAP machine will be set to your prescription by them before shipping it to you. APAPs will be set at the default 4 - 20 cm. pressure settings (unless your doctor has written an APAP prescription for a different pressure range).

The machines also come with ALL the manuals.....Setup and User.

Den

When I got my ZZZ pap last month I got a laugh in that the manual had the DME info on the last page and had a dashed line drawn on that page with instructions to remove that page before giving the manual to patient...LOL.


JeffH

JeffH wrote:When I got my ZZZ pap last month I got a laugh in that the manual had the DME info on the last page and had a dashed line drawn on that page with instructions to remove that page before giving the manual to patient...LOL.
JeffH

Yeah, I love that about cpap.com that they don't remove that info!
B.

Both of these were obtained from cpap.com.

My Everest needed a pressure to be given before shipping it to me. My APAP tank did not and came 4 - 20. Both machines had information about the pressure on them when I got them (everest on the invoice - APAP with a sticky).

The Everest came with the clinical manual and the DO NOT OPEN sticker - you know how long that lasted. The APAP did not include the clinical manual I don't think but I would have to go back and find the paperwork for it. Someone recently obtained a Vantage I chat with and I don't believe the got the clinical manual.

JeffH wrote:When I got my ZZZ pap last month I got a laugh in that the manual had the DME info on the last page and had a dashed line drawn on that page with instructions to remove that page before giving the manual to patient...LOL.


JeffH

The "clinical" (Setup) information for those machines can also be downloaded from their website, too......it's in the .PDF version of the manual, too.

Den

Provider Mode Instructions
(Not for distribution to patients)
(1) To Re-set the Compliance Meter (TM)
1. Press "MENU" to select [TM XXXX.X hr] menu while in the standby screen.
2. Hold the "UP" and "DOWN" button, and then simultaneously press the "MENU" button
for one second. Meanwhile, [TM XXXX.X hr] will start blinking and “CLEAR ” will show on the LCD display.
3. Press “UP” or “DOWN”. The LCD screen will show “CLEAR OK” and the total meter record will be erased so the value becomes 0.0 hr.
4. Press "MENU" to confirm the reset function.
5. Press “START/STANDBY” button to go back to standby screen or leave the device to automatically go back to standby screen 5 seconds later.
(2) To Set the Prescribed Therapy Pressure
1. Press "MENU" to select [P XX.XcmH2O] menu while in the standby screen.
2. Hold the "UP" and "DOWN" button, and then simultaneously press the "MENU" button for one second. Meanwhile, the LCD screen [P XX.XcmH2O] should start blinking to allow you to adjust the therapy pressure from 4 to 18 cm H2O.
3. Press "UP" or "DOWN" button to increase or decrease the pressure setting in increments of 0.5 cm H2O.
4. After selecting the prescribed pressure, press "MENU" to confirm.
5. Press “START/STANDBY” button to go back to standby screen or leave the device to automatically go back to standby screen 5 seconds later.

Wulfman wrote:

JeffH wrote:When I got my ZZZ pap last month I got a laugh in that the manual had the DME info on the last page and had a dashed line drawn on that page with instructions to remove that page before giving the manual to patient...LOL.


JeffH

The "clinical" (Setup) information for those machines can also be downloaded from their website, too......it's in the .PDF version of the manual, too.

Den

Provider Mode Instructions
(Not for distribution to patients)
(1) To Re-set the Compliance Meter (TM)
1. Press "MENU" to select [TM XXXX.X hr] menu while in the standby screen.
2. Hold the "UP" and "DOWN" button, and then simultaneously press the "MENU" button
for one second. Meanwhile, [TM XXXX.X hr] will start blinking and “CLEAR ” will show on the LCD display.
3. Press “UP” or “DOWN”. The LCD screen will show “CLEAR OK” and the total meter record will be erased so the value becomes 0.0 hr.
4. Press "MENU" to confirm the reset function.
5. Press “START/STANDBY” button to go back to standby screen or leave the device to automatically go back to standby screen 5 seconds later.
(2) To Set the Prescribed Therapy Pressure
1. Press "MENU" to select [P XX.XcmH2O] menu while in the standby screen.
2. Hold the "UP" and "DOWN" button, and then simultaneously press the "MENU" button for one second. Meanwhile, the LCD screen [P XX.XcmH2O] should start blinking to allow you to adjust the therapy pressure from 4 to 18 cm H2O.
3. Press "UP" or "DOWN" button to increase or decrease the pressure setting in increments of 0.5 cm H2O.
4. After selecting the prescribed pressure, press "MENU" to confirm.
5. Press “START/STANDBY” button to go back to standby screen or leave the device to automatically go back to standby screen 5 seconds later.

Thanks for passing that along. You know, the ZZZpap is a really nice little machine. I like mine.


JeffH