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Need urgent help with Sefam Dreamstar auto - new to sleep apnea - vale94 - 05-28-2020
Hi all,
my dad was diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea some time ago. He recently had further health issues and his memory is now not the best.
I have been unable to find his documentation related to the previous sleep diagnosis, he also had to move countries to come closer to me so i can look after him and it is a generally messy situation logistically speaking.
Point is, his previous machine broke, and I managed to find a slightly used (160h total used) Sefam Dreamstar Auto for a fantastic price (his old one was out of stock everywhere).
What I do know is that he previously used the machine on the auto setting and had good results with that. Now, this machine seems easy to operate (and i bought it as it does have the auto CPAP function), however it is locked on CPAP mode and I cannot activate auto-CPAP.
I am in Italy currently and in a place heavily hit by corona so doctors visits are a bit of a mess right now and i need to sort this out fairly quickly as he is already having trouble sleeping and I would just like to be able to use the machine.
Is anybody able to help with this? The manual isn't of much help and I contacted sefam but got no answer.
Thanks
RE: Need urgent help with Sefam Dreamstar auto - new to sleep apnea - OpalRose - 05-28-2020
Hi vale94,
Welcome to Apnea Board!
You can order a Clinicians Manual for your machine. This will show you how to access the Provider Mode so you can make adjustments.
https://www.apneaboard.com/adjust-cpap-pressure/change-cpap-pressure-settings-adjusting-your-machine-with-a-clinician-setup-manual
Scroll down to Section Three, look under "Other Manuals".
RE: Need urgent help with Sefam Dreamstar auto - new to sleep apnea - vale94 - 05-28-2020
Hi! Thanks a lot for your help, I don't know how I didn't figure that out after snooping around on the website.
Unrelated to this, but I am still on time to return this machine. I have found some info here:
apneaboard.com/forums/Thread-Comparative-Analysis-of-8-APAP-Machines?highlight=sefam+auto
that shows it performs very poorly. I am very new to all this and had trusted the 12 5 star website reviews, but it seems to be bottom of the line. What a resource this forum is! Again, thank you.
RE: Need urgent help with Sefam Dreamstar auto - new to sleep apnea - ardenum - 05-29-2020
At this point its best to invest in a Airsense 10 autoset. You wont be disappointed.
RE: Need urgent help with Sefam Dreamstar auto - new to sleep apnea - OpalRose - 05-29-2020
Agree, the ResMed Airsense 10 AutoSet is the one you should consider.
I dont know what is available in your country, but here is a link that may help.
http://www.apneaboard.com/wiki/index.php?title=Machine_choices
Also check Supplier #2 as they sell good low hour machines and new open box. They may also be willing to ship to you.