REMstar plus with C-Flex

My hubby has the REMstar pluc with C-Flex and O2 now and the tech reset his pressure to 10 per doctor's orders, but this morning he felt like he had not had treatment since his beginning prfessure use to be 17.

I have his manual, but I cannot make any sense out of it.

I need help before bedtime tonight. which is 10:00PMCST

what kind of help do you need?

Severeena wrote:My hubby has the REMstar pluc with C-Flex and O2 now and the tech reset his pressure to 10 per doctor's orders.

I don't know how to help you but I'm sure someone will. I wonder what possessed his doctor to lower his pressure from 17 to 10? Is he still on O2? Did he have a new sleep study? Maybe he just needs some time to get used to the new lower pressure.

Hope this helps
th

REMstar Plus CPAP.

1. With the machine plugged into a wall outlet, unplug the cord from the back of the CPAP. Then, press and hold down the two user buttons below the display screen while plugging the cord back into the CPAP, and continue to hold the buttons down until the CPAP beeps. This will indicate that the CPAP is in the Therapy Setup Menu.

2. The display will first show the number of hours the machine has been used. To erase this total and begin again at zero, press and hold the ramp or humidifier button. An “X” will appear on the display. Hold the button down until the time change to “0” and the “X” disappears.

To skip this setting or continue, press the right user button.

3. The elevation setting will appear next. To change this setting, press the ramp or humidifier button until the correct setting appears. Here are the elevation settings: 1 = less than 2,500 ft.; 2 = 2,500 to 5,000 ft.; 3 = 5,001 to 7,500 ft.

To skip this setting or continue, press the right user button.

4. The therapy mode will appear, either CPAP or CFLEX. To change this setting, press the ramp or humidifier button until the correct setting appears.

To skip this setting or continue, press the right user button.

5. The CPAP pressure will appear. To change this setting, press the ramp or humidifier button until the correct setting appears.

To skip this setting or continue, press the right user button.

6. The CPAP fine adjustment setting will appear. This setting allows you to calibrate your CPAP pressure to a manometer. We suggest you do not try to adjust this setting.

To skip this setting or continue, press the right user button.

7. The CFLEX setting will appear if you selected the CFLEX mode in number 4 above. A setting of 1 offers the least drop in pressure, 3 offers the most. To change this setting, press the ramp or humidifier button until the correct setting appears.

To skip this setting or continue, press the right user button.

8. The ramp time will appear next. It may be set for 0 to 45 minutes in 5 minute increments. To change this setting, press the ramp or humidifier button until the correct setting appears.

To skip this setting or continue, press the right user button.

9. The ramp starting pressure will appear. To change this setting, press the ramp or humidifier button until the correct setting appears.

To skip this setting or continue, press the right user button.

10. The patient disconnect setting will appear. This sounds an alarm when there is a mask leak and turns the airflow off. 1 = On; 2 = Off. To change this setting, press the ramp or humidifier button until the correct setting appears.


There are no other settings available. Press the pressure start/stop button to exit the menu or press the right user button to scroll through the settings again.
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Don't they always start a titration from the bottom up? I don't think they would start at 17 and work down, but I'm not sure about that.

If his new study indicated there is now a need for supplemental oxygen and a cpap pressure of 10cms., I would think twice before changing it on your own if you're doing it only because he's used to a higher pressure. He may be used to 17cms., but maybe 17cms. isn't what he needs. Maybe in his PSG last week they determined his apnea was worse at 17 than at 10. I don't know how the addition of 02 affects things, but I'd suggest you discuss this with his doctor.

I think it's great to take control of your own therapy because I do it too. But I do it with the assistance of software and stats. It concerns me that people would blindly change their pressure indiscriminately without knowing how it is effecting their therapy.

When a man cannot sleep and is up and down all night long until I had changed pressure on my ResMed Lightweight, and he finally fell asleep, I would think the pressure is way to low.

I have changed the pressure again to 15 and we are upping the 02 to 4 instead of 3.

I have changed my own pressures on my Auto Spirit, and getting along fine.

Now Tom thinks I may need 02 myself.

Severeena wrote:Now Tom thinks I may need 02 myself.

Does Tom think this because of your O2 desats? Have you been monitoring your levels with an oximeter? If so, congratulations on being so proactive with your CPAP therapy. I don't have any health insurance and was looking into buying a pulse oximeter so I could do the same thing, but they are too expensive.

I'd be worried to make changes without having a machine with software to see what is happening because it seems kind of hard to know if you're helping his OSA. Not being able to sleep could be from the new lower pressure or from wearing the double cushioned mask you described in another post, or from the addition of oxygen to his treatment. It would be a bad thing if the adjustments you are making to his pressure and oxygen are resulting in making his OSA worse and you'd have no way of knowing it. Except if he's using the pulse oximeter you're at least able to tell how his desats are looking.

Keep us posted on how it all works out.

My manual doesn't tell me how to change settings. It appears to be a big secret. Need Dr. approval/prescription to call manufacturer or related company to make changes.

I could use the help ASAP too!!!

Take a look at the third post on this thread for CPAP instructions.

Hubby messed up the settings so I hooked up my ResMed Lightweight with the changed settings and he is using it and he likes the Lightweight better than the other one.

The 02 is really helping him.

I have used the instructions to adjust my cpap machine before but tonight when I wanted to tweak it, it won't beep like it should so I can't get the pressure adjusted. Any clues? I held the two buttons while plugging it back in and even held them for a long time - like five minutes - but it never beeped. Any clues?

Doesn't beep, the numbers just start flashing. Thats when you can start accessing each item to modify settings. At least that's the way it works on my machine.

susanglori, do you have the same machine as the one on this thread? This thread is a year old - perhaps you would like to start a new thread with your current problems - and tell us what machine you have.