You are a legend. 7 weeks complaining that the pressure was too high causing mask leak and being unable to breath properly, I watch this 1 video and I have 2 consecutive nights of 7 & 8 hours sleep with my AHI less than five both nights. My wife was expecting me to give up due to lack of help but not now. Thank you so much.
Yes, when I first got mine I actually new alot of people that had used them. All said they quit using theirs. After suffering all these years and finding ALL of your videos, I think all will be better!
Thank you. I recently purchased ResMed Airsense 10 and was having trouble with dry mouth. The dry mouth was so bad that my cheeks were sticking to my gums and my mouth was sealed shut. There was a complete lack of saliva in my mouth. I never had this problem with my ResMed S9 and the same mask. Because of this video, I was able to revise the settings on Airsense 10 after checking the settings on my old ResMed S9. The EPR was set to off on the new machine and set on 3 on the old machine. The maximum pressure was set to 20 on the new machine and 12 on the old machine. The ramp time was set to auto on the new machine and 45 minutes on the old machine. Once I made the updates my leakage dropped in one night to over 30 to under 2 and there were no issues with dry mouth.
Respiratory Therapist here.... Thank you so much for this video, I personally have this machine in my home and just received it. Now I feel much more comfortable setting it up for my wife.... The tech that came to set this up could not answer any of my questions whatsoever... Once again thank you..
OMG Thank you so much. I've been complaining about the pressure being TOO high and back pressure. Looks like I have found the information I need to get some sleep. You are a savior.
Holy smokes. There is so much I needed to learn before I got started!! This has helped so much!! Setting the max pressure was a godsend. I would have low (ish) apneas when I started but I would wake up early in the morning with the pressure so high it was practically blowing out my face!! I adjusted this and now sleep through the night completely with low apneas. The med tech/salesman that sent me home with this the first night didn't explain this to me and seemed to just want to shove the unit in my hand and get me out the door. This makes fine tuning (and overall success) possible!! Thanks so much for this!!
These tutorials are must watches for any new CPAP user or anyone being woken up due to pressures being set too high. Can't thank Nick enough for making these tutorials.
medical supplier set my new machine pressure on 17 it was supposed to be 7. Needless to say it blew my stomach full of air. When I sit up. Another friend, legionnaire disease from cpap machine.
This has been been the most useful of all videos I have seen. Just got an S10 after 7 years of S9 which was used in the dark. This video is just chock full of worthwhile information.
I use the settings described in this video about 6 months ago. It was life-changing and made them the CPAP much easier to use. I have since shared this information with multiple people and they say thank you as well
I had no idea we could access these settings. I was told I had to call the Dr and then he would call the cpap tech to change my settings. This is great Thanks
Thank you for explaining it all to me, it was never explained by my hospital sleep clinic, they just set if and off I go, now I feel more in control only taken me 10 years to find out
i think it's quite NEGLIGENT for the hospital to send you home with it without giving you the full MANUAL on how to set it. It's like sending you home with a Chainsaw and do not say anything about Safety Precautions and how to not suffocate at night.
You just saved me from buying a new CPAP machine. The section where you press the Nav button and the Home button at the same time showed me how to fix the problem I had. My problem was the tubing, standard/slim, had gotten set to slim instead of standard, from some glitch. I was able to reset it to standard, which solved all the problems. Thanx, so much.
Thanks very much Nick for this hugely useful info. I have had a CPAP for a number of years now and have had to rely on CPAP staff from my local hospital on a once a year basis. They never told me about the secret technician’s screen, and neither did the manufacturers. Seems the idea is we are all idiots and will end up messing our CPAP machines up if we know how to configure them, which is of course nonsense. My old machine (a Philips remstar) broke down recently and the hospital supplied me with a new ResMed AirSense 10. After the first night I had 5.1 AHI. The second night it went to 9.5. I was desperate for help, but knew it was going to be impossible to actually see anybody at the hospital so I resorted to UA-cam. I was amazed that you had produced such a great youTube site explaining how to correctly access and set all the options for myself. After taking your advice for a couple of nights I managed to get my AHI Settings down to 1.4. I couldn’t believe that ResMed were trying to shut down your site. For many years I had suffered being woken by overly high pressures almost blowing my mask off. Now because of your site I don’t need to suffer that anymore. Thank you!
Thanks Eddie, glad you enjoyed the vid mate. There's a lot of stake holders mate so if everyone starts taking care of them selves then no one will visit the doctors and labs etc so they keep it secret. Cheers
Nick, wonderful tutorial. However, I suggest that before anyone makes changes to limit the upper pressure values that they download and populate their data into and understand the OSCAR app. I find that although my 90th percentile is X, that my value to overcome most incidents might actually be X+2. This can allow your machine to use its algorithm to overcome the incident rather than be maxed at its 90th percentile value. Remember that in today's medical market its is the PATIENT that must control their medical program. So good to be able to get into this machine and adjust it. I am new to this (one week) but am trying to learn and understand quickly. You have helped enormously. Thank you. BTW, the manufacturers should be thanking you not harassing you. I will remember this when I seek my next machine.
Thank you so much. I used mine for the first time last night and your 3 videos really helped me tweak it over the night so it was perfect. I wouldn't have been able to do it otherwise, really appreciate it!
Many thanks from me also; I live in north Texas and viewed videos a few years ago, Going back to them now is awesome!! I'm sure that I'll be back to your site. Best Regards, Myra R.
My assigned respiratory therapist was very nice but she had a thick Russian dialect. Introduction/training to this device was a bit of a challenge when she explained things. I just wanted to know how to turn the darn thing on/off. I'm so thankful for your 3 part video and very clear explanations. Last night was my first time using this device. I now have the knowledge when communicating my Home Care Provider. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN!
Thank you so very much this tutorial. I so needed to get my pressure number down and I so knew it. Now I can take a look at how things go every night and after a week make another further decision. After losing 20 kilos my sleep went backwards massively and they turned up the pressure from 14 to 16 and I'm like a bloody balloon every morning with aerophagia, if I manage to tolerate it overnight. I changed to a nose pillow mask at the same time and have not been able to tolerate that at all for any length of time over 30 minutes. So kept switching back to the full face simplex mask. It feels so good to have the information required to fix it myself. It almost feels like the sleep scientists discourage you from actually learning how to manage the settings. At the same time its almost impossible to get to see a respiratory doctor so glad I can now work this out for myself. YOUR tute has made me feel very empowered about looking out for my own health. For that I THANK YOU
Had been using Resmed Auto S9 for 6 years, but AirSense 10 Auto is far better. Had problems to get the new one going, but your videos made it easy and simple. Great work mate, keep doing the good work, Cheers
Thank you so much for putting this out , I am in the uk and have been using a toxic Dreamstation for the last 2 years, it's only thanks to you that I found out about it. Luckily I was very fortunate and able to purchase the resmed but my first night was terrible as I could hardly breathe out. Have just set it so that it will be easier to breathe out all the time, not just on the ramp . Thank again , Debbie 😊
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I've had exactly the same responses from my own sleep clinics. They seem to be more afraid that i will fiddle with the output of the machine than stick to what the doctors originally prescribed. It's like fiddling with the machine is the unforgivable sin.
Fantastic! I came to visit my dad, and borrowed his cpap that he doesn't use anymore. This video allowed me to change the settings to match what I have at home.
@@calming.goat5 Agree that most people should go through their doc first, and everyone should let the doc know you've made (or want to make) changes. I'm a physician, but not a pulmonologist or sleep expert, and appreciate the information, but I can see how many people could defeat the purpose of their therapy with the wrong settings. ("Nick" DOES say to be sure the nightly AHI (Events/hr.) doesn't go above five.)
I just watched this at 3:00 am. I haven't been sleeping through the night since switching to a ResMed machine. I think I have the solution. Thanks! Now to see if I can adjust the settings without waking up my wife... :-)
Readjust ur air pressure settings. Having epr off is actually a good thing. Best thing I've found is you find the air pressure that u don't feel like ur suffocationg on your low pressure but also comfortable to breathe out but still able to feel air in ur lungs. Then on ur high pressure settings move it up by one cause if u have an auto its gonna raise ur pressure if it feels like u need it. But this is why companies have built in epr for people that can't adjust. Problem is epr set to 3 can cause problems like central sleep apnea from no air in ur lungs. If u still have machine filling ur lungs with air that comfortable chances of having issues go down
Thanks so much for these videos. The new machine is blowing me out of the water and now changed setting to see if that helps. Clicked on to your FB group. Looking forward to seeing questions. Appreciate you mate! Blessings on your journey!
Thank you so much! I just got my machine the other day and last night was my first sleep with it. I felt like I couldn’t breathe at all and I ended up taking it off in the middle of the night. I turned my pressure up to 5 and it already feels better
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Thank you so much for this helpful and informative video. I just transitioned from the recalled Philips to the Resmed thanks to your videos. I have been having some trouble with too much pressure causing air leaks through my mouth. Your recommendations on how to set max pressure based on the average nightly pressure on the sleep report is just what I was looking for. Please keep doing what you do. You’re making a difference.
Thanks for the great tips. I understand my machine a lot better. I'll share a tip that has helped me. I use a nasal mask and always had problems with mouth breathing and leaks. I hate full face masks and straps. I use 3m micropore medical tape and tape my mouth shut and it works. Helps to be clean shaven.
Just found this video and I’ve been complaining to my apnea clinic since I started 4years ago that the high pressure was waking me up multiple times a night and getting fobbed off. My max pressure was set to 20 and my average pressure was at 11.1. I’ve reduced it to 15 tonight to see how I go. Thanks so much for finding the clinical menu ❤
Thanks buddy! I know this is a old CPAP machine but it's what I could afford and I appreciate your videos they're very helpful as in I sleep better after knowing and learning these setting you explain, peace to you and yours. happy and healthy sleep to you all.
Excellent!. I used this clinical menu to wean myself into CPAP use. starting with EPR maxed, long ramp time and keeping my max pressure to 7. 2 days later I went to 8, a week later to 9. I don't do ramp at all now and have the min set to the max of 6. EPR off. thanks for the essentials tip i will turn down my max pressure to see how it goes. 11.4 on my report, was set at 17 max
Thank you for this video, very informative!. Now I can adjust my pressure and epr to help me get used to my resmed airsense 10 auto. Just turning off ramp up has improved the experience, I don't feel starved for air during the first 20 minutes of treatment.
Thanks for doing these videos. The people at the sleep center are useless and never explained any of this to me. I think I may actually start to use the machine. Thanks Nick!
Hey THANKS. I really appreciate your help. I got a new one and it wasn't set up properly. I went to my supplier and they told me they would not change it without a prescription. Problem solved. My old one exceeded its lifetime usage. 7 years.
Hi guys, ResMed is trying to take down the CPAP Reviews channel. I think we might have 12 hours left. Here's a Facebook Group i started! Please join for support - facebook.com/groups/138127984943408 . If you have any free time please copy this and post it on the comments. Thank you so much! Nick
Thank you for making these. Just subbed. That n95 explanation makes setting my machine so much easier. Do you know if one can use the iNap and cpap at the same time? Thanks for everything.
Thankx for the info. I just got my machine and the pressure was supposed to be set at 13, it was at 10. I made the change and actually got a good nights sleep
Brilliant! Thank you SO much Nick, all of your videos have helped me greatly. I am a newbie to all this, having only recently been diagnosed with moderate (when on my side) to severe (when on my back) OSA. I bought the ResMed AutoSense 10 for her device and I could not find anything in the manual about the clinical menu to fine-tune the settings. Your videos have been a game changer by giving me not only the knowledge but also the confidence to tweak the settings to improve my quality of sleep. My AHI are now consistently low - usually below 1, with the highest at 2.8. My main challenge now is to try to reduce the dreaded aerophagia effects... my extremely loud snoring and snorting has now been replaced by extremely loud sounds from the other end! :) Clearly I need to do some more tweaking to the settings and will be guided by your videos. Thanks again Nick, it is wonderful to see how much you are helping other people's lives. Cheers!
Great series Mate! Purchased my machine 2.5 years ago after watching this series and it’s been life changing. Thank you! I send the link to all the people whom I tell to get one. I do have a question tho. I nap in the middle of the day using the machine. It’s usually an hour and it shows me the time. Thing is, when I sleep that night, the next morning the timer shows me the total time of my sleep PLUS the nap time. I guess it’s no big deal to subtract but is there a way I can reset the daily timer after the nap so the following morning it shows only the nighttime sleep?
You’re a champion. I was recently diagnosed with moderate sleep apnoea. My respiratory physician wouldn’t listen to my complaint of aerophagia and wouldn’t change the settings. I phoned CPAP Australia where I purchased my machine and they said they couldn’t change it without a prescription. Your video has helped me immensely. I was ready to give up on using CPAP. I’ve tweaked the settings over the last fortnight and am able to tolerate it. So thanks so much mate.
I've had cpap for 7 years. Usually my low pressure i have set at 10 and high is set to 13 if it needs to go that high but doesn't. I recently turned off my EPR after using it for 7 years with it set to 3 on My resmed s9 auto. When I turned it off I noticed I had to turn my pressure way down cause now it was too much air goin in and couldn't breathe out cause it was just too much volume of air in my lungs. So I lowered it down to finally settling on 8. Good number to keep me breathing but also able to exhale but I noticed doing this was it keeping my air way full of pressure. Where as when I used epr at 3 id lose all that. Now think about that for a sec logically. If ur losing all ur air from epr set too high that can cause problems like central sleep apnea. I gotta say I'm glad I turned mine off.
Thank you!!! My tech said he wasn’t able to change the settings ordered by the Dr. I was awakened many times when I was trying to exhale and literally blew out the mask or felt I couldn’t exhale.
Me too! It feels so much better to have some control over the machine. Having you walk through an actual machine showed me what I was doing wrong. Thank you so much!
I've had this very machine for two years now and I absolutely love it.... except for a few very minor probs. I've been concerned about how it may compensate for altitude. If I go to the mountains, I obviously need more pressure to get the same therapy as I get closer to sea level. All the so-called experts have told me that this machine automatically compensates but so far, I haven't experienced that. I also have a very old CPAP machine that a friend gave me. The output on it is completely manual and it is very easy to just crank up the pressure when I need it. I'm actually getting to the point where I prefer the old machine to my much newer Air sense 10. ....I don't know.... maybe I've still got much to learn.
Awesome vid mate 👍 I’ve been suffering from stomach pain/bloating lately, my events per hour are always under 2 so I’m gonna start reducing my max pressure a bit & see if I get less stomach pain 👍👍👍
Very Good! Why doesn't ResMed want your tutorials to continue? Like many others have noted, I switched to ResMed after having my Philips Dreamstation recalled, and the first month was terrible, with high pressures driving me crazy. Will try these adjustments (and tell my pulmonologist I'm doing it, of course), monitor the AHI, and maybe stay with the ResMed instead of sending it back or quitting CPAP altogether. (Loved the Dreamstation, BTW.)
I'm in the same situation. Had DS 1 and got ResMed AirSense 10 AutoSet last week. So far so good. Second night was so bad - felt like I couldn't breathe so I adjusted the ramp time to 5 minutes. I'm really happy about its performance! Educate yourself, People! Watch videos about CPAP (like Nick's) or from other fellow CPAPers - lots of good info out there!
Hello,by the way i went to Facebook to join. The thing about your newsletter, it was blocked by my computer?,i not to saavy about these things, so i went for facebook. Again,THANKS!!! It is a good thing you do in these matters educating us users so NICELY!!!!
Hi Rob, you can change the video resolution on your youtube settings so that it's HD :-). Sometimes if you have slow internet it will reduce the quality so that it streams better. Cheers mate. Nick
Brilliant been meaning to find how to get into the 'menu' for months now - cheers. I have mine set at 4-20 from the hospital and wake up constantly with too much air pushing out the side of the mask which is already too tight. I have to then push the top button to reset it and start on the ramp cycle again. Now I can reset it to about 11 max pressure - cheers
Excellent video! I hope you don't mind if I ask you a question. Last night was only my 3rd night using the CPAP machine. The first night was horrible. (Dry mouth and I couldn't sleep.) The second night, I dropped the max pressure to 14. I had a nice sleep but the AHI was almost at 7.8. On my 3rd night, I dropped the max pressure to 12 and it has been my best night so far, but the AHI spiked up to 16. 7. I forgot to mention that the machine is giving me a pressure of 10.1. What should I do? Lower the max pressure to 10.1 or rise the pressure to 15, for example?
Good morning Nick😎 hope you had a nice weekend I know you’re busy I have another question the APR it is set on #3 having difficulties breathing out exhaling from the mask inside the mask should my EPR level BE SET ON #1 #2 OR ON #3 ????? right now it is on level #3!!!!! I will wait for your reply I know you’re very busy I subscribe your channel and always well and thumbs up God bless you bro for all your help and all the help you’re helping everybody else with to the best of your knowledge which I highly admire😃👍 once again this is brother Bill peace and safety to you and your family🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
He mentions it in the video bro, 3 is the best setting to have lesser pressure as you exhale, the only thing u can do if its still to much is to get a BIPAP machine.
@@CPAPReviews Thank you Nick. After a couple of nights the machine is telling me i am having around 3 events per hour. Does that mean I need to turn up the pressure a little or is that number acceptable?
How can I get a printout of my data. I should have asked for the copy my PA explained to me at my last appointment a few days ago. He indicated that my numbers were all good. Thanks for the great information!
G'day Paul, welcome to the channel and thanks for your excellent question. There's a few ways to get a print out of the data. You can obviously just asked your PA for a copy or some people will actually buy the licences software and do their own printouts. I believe the ResMed software is called ResScan and it's around $30. Normally you can get plenty of data directly from the screen on the machine also. Have a great day brother. Nick
There is GNU freeware that recognizes the data from the card and will create a FULL report with graphs and charts as well as averaging weekly and monthly data. IT is called OSCAR. I am 4 days into using APAP and am learning a lot from OSCAR.
Hi Mark, no i don't unfortunately. Most machines have an auto on / auto off function these days so you can put your mask on, start breathing and the machine will turn on and then take your mask off and the machine will auto stop. Have a great day !
@mark d - I had the same question, however, he answers this under Data Essentials -> change to Plus. Then my menu looked like the video. I think it is around 5:38
Lately, I notice that I get an occasional obstructive exhale (even w/o CPAP). Will raising the low pressure (LP) number help this? What is the typical LP max number? Thanx.
You are a legend. 7 weeks complaining that the pressure was too high causing mask leak and being unable to breath properly, I watch this 1 video and I have 2 consecutive nights of 7 & 8 hours sleep with my AHI less than five both nights. My wife was expecting me to give up due to lack of help but not now. Thank you so much.
Same here! Most helpful video
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Yes, when I first got mine I actually new alot of people that had used them. All said they quit using theirs. After suffering all these years and finding ALL of your videos, I think all will be better!
Thank you. I recently purchased ResMed Airsense 10 and was having trouble with dry mouth. The dry mouth was so bad that my cheeks were sticking to my gums and my mouth was sealed shut. There was a complete lack of saliva in my mouth. I never had this problem with my ResMed S9 and the same mask. Because of this video, I was able to revise the settings on Airsense 10 after checking the settings on my old ResMed S9. The EPR was set to off on the new machine and set on 3 on the old machine. The maximum pressure was set to 20 on the new machine and 12 on the old machine. The ramp time was set to auto on the new machine and 45 minutes on the old machine. Once I made the updates my leakage dropped in one night to over 30 to under 2 and there were no issues with dry mouth.
Respiratory Therapist here.... Thank you so much for this video, I personally have this machine in my home and just received it. Now I feel much more comfortable setting it up for my wife.... The tech that came to set this up could not answer any of my questions whatsoever... Once again thank you..
Cheers Doug. Glad i could help and good work helping the misses with her gear. All the best brother. Nick
OMG Thank you so much. I've been complaining about the pressure being TOO high and back pressure. Looks like I have found the information I need to get some sleep. You are a savior.
Cheers brother. Glad it helped. Take care mate
My NHS practitioner trusts me with access to clinical menus and always has. Did you ever ask yours if they would? It may be regional health politics.
Holy smokes. There is so much I needed to learn before I got started!! This has helped so much!! Setting the max pressure was a godsend. I would have low (ish) apneas when I started but I would wake up early in the morning with the pressure so high it was practically blowing out my face!! I adjusted this and now sleep through the night completely with low apneas. The med tech/salesman that sent me home with this the first night didn't explain this to me and seemed to just want to shove the unit in my hand and get me out the door. This makes fine tuning (and overall success) possible!! Thanks so much for this!!
These tutorials are must watches for any new CPAP user or anyone being woken up due to pressures being set too high. Can't thank Nick enough for making these tutorials.
medical supplier set my new machine pressure on 17 it was supposed to be 7. Needless to say it blew my stomach full of air. When I sit up.
Another friend, legionnaire disease from cpap machine.
This has been been the most useful of all videos I have seen. Just got an S10 after 7 years of S9 which was used in the dark. This video is just chock full of worthwhile information.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for your comment. Nick
I use the settings described in this video about 6 months ago. It was life-changing and made them the CPAP much easier to use. I have since shared this information with multiple people and they say thank you as well
I had no idea we could access these settings. I was told I had to call the Dr and then he would call the cpap tech to change my settings. This is great Thanks
Thank you for explaining it all to me, it was never explained by my hospital sleep clinic, they just set if and off I go, now I feel more in control only taken me 10 years to find out
Hi Susan, glad i was able to help. Have a great day. Nick
i think it's quite NEGLIGENT for the hospital to send you home with it without giving you the full MANUAL on how to set it. It's like sending you home with a Chainsaw and do not say anything about Safety Precautions and how to not suffocate at night.
You just saved me from buying a new CPAP machine. The section where you press the Nav button and the Home button at the same time showed me how to fix the problem I had. My problem was the tubing, standard/slim, had gotten set to slim instead of standard, from some glitch. I was able to reset it to standard, which solved all the problems. Thanx, so much.
Thanks very much Nick for this hugely useful info. I have had a CPAP for a number of years now and have had to rely on CPAP staff from my local hospital on a once a year basis. They never told me about the secret technician’s screen, and neither did the manufacturers. Seems the idea is we are all idiots and will end up messing our CPAP machines up if we know how to configure them, which is of course nonsense. My old machine (a Philips remstar) broke down recently and the hospital supplied me with a new ResMed AirSense 10.
After the first night I had 5.1 AHI. The second night it went to 9.5. I was desperate for help, but knew it was going to be impossible to actually see anybody at the hospital so I resorted to UA-cam. I was amazed that you had produced such a great youTube site explaining how to correctly access and set all the options for myself. After taking your advice for a couple of nights I managed to get my AHI Settings down to 1.4.
I couldn’t believe that ResMed were trying to shut down your site. For many years I had suffered being woken by overly high pressures almost blowing my mask off. Now because of your site I don’t need to suffer that anymore. Thank you!
Thanks Eddie, glad you enjoyed the vid mate. There's a lot of stake holders mate so if everyone starts taking care of them selves then no one will visit the doctors and labs etc so they keep it secret. Cheers
AGREED. They took their customers for IDIOTS. Shame ! Like we could not even be trusted to set it ourselves ???
Nick, wonderful tutorial. However, I suggest that before anyone makes changes to limit the upper pressure values that they download and populate their data into and understand the OSCAR app. I find that although my 90th percentile is X, that my value to overcome most incidents might actually be X+2. This can allow your machine to use its algorithm to overcome the incident rather than be maxed at its 90th percentile value. Remember that in today's medical market its is the PATIENT that must control their medical program. So good to be able to get into this machine and adjust it.
I am new to this (one week) but am trying to learn and understand quickly. You have helped enormously. Thank you.
BTW, the manufacturers should be thanking you not harassing you. I will remember this when I seek my next machine.
the OSCAR app whats that ?
@@LesleyDT6227 It's software that allows you to view your sleep data. It's free and open source.
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!! I just got this machine yesterday and was given very little info on how to use it. You're a godsend😊 Cheers from Texas🇺🇸
Hi there, you're very welcome! Glad i could help. Cheers from Melbourne :-)
Thank you so much. I used mine for the first time last night and your 3 videos really helped me tweak it over the night so it was perfect. I wouldn't have been able to do it otherwise, really appreciate it!
hello, thanks for the kind words :-). Glad you found it useful. Have a great day and best wishes for you and your sleep
Many thanks from me also; I live in north Texas and viewed videos a few years ago,
Going back to them now is awesome!!
I'm sure that I'll be back to your site.
Best Regards, Myra R.
Awesome! Hi from Melbourne. I've got a great audience in Texas ;-). All the best for the future. Nick
A clear simple tutorial, I wish more UA-cam tutorials were this good.
Glad it was helpful! Cheers Bart
My assigned respiratory therapist was very nice but she had a thick Russian dialect. Introduction/training to this device was a bit of a challenge when she explained things. I just wanted to know how to turn the darn thing on/off. I'm so thankful for your 3 part video and very clear explanations. Last night was my first time using this device. I now have the knowledge when communicating my Home Care Provider. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN!
Hi Leo, glad to you found it useful brother. Best wishes
Thank you so very much this tutorial. I so needed to get my pressure number down and I so knew it. Now I can take a look at how things go every night and after a week make another further decision. After losing 20 kilos my sleep went backwards massively and they turned up the pressure from 14 to 16 and I'm like a bloody balloon every morning with aerophagia, if I manage to tolerate it overnight. I changed to a nose pillow mask at the same time and have not been able to tolerate that at all for any length of time over 30 minutes. So kept switching back to the full face simplex mask. It feels so good to have the information required to fix it myself. It almost feels like the sleep scientists discourage you from actually learning how to manage the settings. At the same time its almost impossible to get to see a respiratory doctor so glad I can now work this out for myself. YOUR tute has made me feel very empowered about looking out for my own health. For that I THANK YOU
what is this OSCAR app?
Thank you very much. The way you have explained adjustment of max pressure was really awesome..
Thanks Jacky, glad you found it useful
Finally, the first video series that shows how to really use this thing! Good job.
Had been using Resmed Auto S9 for 6 years, but AirSense 10 Auto is far better. Had problems to get the new one going, but your videos made it easy and simple. Great work mate, keep doing the good work, Cheers
HI Rama, thanks for the kind words. Best wishes
Nick
Thank you so much for putting this out , I am in the uk and have been using a toxic Dreamstation for the last 2 years, it's only thanks to you that I found out about it. Luckily I was very fortunate and able to purchase the resmed but my first night was terrible as I could hardly breathe out. Have just set it so that it will be easier to breathe out all the time, not just on the ramp . Thank again , Debbie 😊
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Many thanks for this upload. My sleep clinic have been terribly unhelpful, and this simple video has been extremely useful for me.
All the best mate 😎
Hey legend, glad to hear it! Thanks for the kind words. Nick
I've had exactly the same responses from my own sleep clinics. They seem to be more afraid that i will fiddle with the output of the machine than stick to what the doctors originally prescribed. It's like fiddling with the machine is the unforgivable sin.
When it's 2am and your ResMed 10 is wonky. . .thank you!!! Some of my settings were off. No clue why or for how long. You're the best!
Thank you I wish I had found your video 7 years ago. Life saver!
Most welcome. Better late than never hey haha. Welcome to the channel. Nick
Fantastic! I came to visit my dad, and borrowed his cpap that he doesn't use anymore. This video allowed me to change the settings to match what I have at home.
Kudos, you provide the best plain English explanation for all CPAP users.
Thanks
Very informative they didn’t even tell me all of this info when they brought it to me. I’m learning much more! Awesome job!
It’s because you (probably) aren’t a licensed health care professional and shouldn’t be changing these setting prescribed by your doctor.
@@calming.goat5 Agree that most people should go through their doc first, and everyone should let the doc know you've made (or want to make) changes. I'm a physician, but not a pulmonologist or sleep expert, and appreciate the information, but I can see how many people could defeat the purpose of their therapy with the wrong settings. ("Nick" DOES say to be sure the nightly AHI (Events/hr.) doesn't go above five.)
I just watched this at 3:00 am. I haven't been sleeping through the night since switching to a ResMed machine. I think I have the solution. Thanks! Now to see if I can adjust the settings without waking up my wife... :-)
No wonder theyre trying to stop you. You actually teach us how to use it.
Brilliant, I'e now turned EPR on as I was having claustrophic issues trying to breathe out, like breathing into a straw!
Readjust ur air pressure settings. Having epr off is actually a good thing. Best thing I've found is you find the air pressure that u don't feel like ur suffocationg on your low pressure but also comfortable to breathe out but still able to feel air in ur lungs. Then on ur high pressure settings move it up by one cause if u have an auto its gonna raise ur pressure if it feels like u need it. But this is why companies have built in epr for people that can't adjust. Problem is epr set to 3 can cause problems like central sleep apnea from no air in ur lungs. If u still have machine filling ur lungs with air that comfortable chances of having issues go down
@@deanwinchester119so its better to turn Epr off???
Thanks so much for these videos. The new machine is blowing me out of the water and now changed setting to see if that helps. Clicked on to your FB group. Looking forward to seeing questions. Appreciate you mate! Blessings on your journey!
Hi nick, great videos, please adjust camera angel as it's difficult to see the display when you are explaining the different setting,
Thank you! Was having a high average below 11. The clinician had it set to 16!
No more over compensated mask leaks waking me.
Glad your still going, you have nailed it with your advise/support
Thanks Darren, glad you think so. Much love. Nicko
Thank you so much! I just got my machine the other day and last night was my first sleep with it. I felt like I couldn’t breathe at all and I ended up taking it off in the middle of the night. I turned my pressure up to 5 and it already feels better
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God Bless you! Thank you so much for explaining what each option does and showing how to get to this menu. Epr was what I needed. Thank you again! 🙏
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Thank you very much for your detailed video series in this unit. Much easier to follow than making a long drawn out customer service call!
Hi there, thanks for the great feedback! Appreciate it. Nick
Thank you so much for this helpful and informative video. I just transitioned from the recalled Philips to the Resmed thanks to your videos. I have been having some trouble with too much pressure causing air leaks through my mouth. Your recommendations on how to set max pressure based on the average nightly pressure on the sleep report is just what I was looking for. Please keep doing what you do. You’re making a difference.
Brilliant series. Thank you Sir. Now rather than require my RRT to hold my hand, I can get educated on how my device works and work with him.
Best video on how to use resmed on UA-cam thanks.
I cannot tell you how much I thank you for sharing that info.
Thanks for the great tips. I understand my machine a lot better. I'll share a tip that has helped me. I use a nasal mask and always had problems with mouth breathing and leaks. I hate full face masks and straps. I use 3m micropore medical tape and tape my mouth shut and it works. Helps to be clean shaven.
Hey Bob, most welcome brother. Glad you enjoyed the vid. Nicko
Just found this video and I’ve been complaining to my apnea clinic since I started 4years ago that the high pressure was waking me up multiple times a night and getting fobbed off. My max pressure was set to 20 and my average pressure was at 11.1. I’ve reduced it to 15 tonight to see how I go. Thanks so much for finding the clinical menu ❤
Thanks buddy! I know this is a old CPAP machine but it's what I could afford and I appreciate your videos they're very helpful as in I sleep better after knowing and learning these setting you explain, peace to you and yours. happy and healthy sleep to you all.
Excellent!. I used this clinical menu to wean myself into CPAP use. starting with EPR maxed, long ramp time and keeping my max pressure to 7. 2 days later I went to 8, a week later to 9. I don't do ramp at all now and have the min set to the max of 6. EPR off. thanks for the essentials tip i will turn down my max pressure to see how it goes. 11.4 on my report, was set at 17 max
Thank you
Thank you for this video, very informative!. Now I can adjust my pressure and epr to help me get used to my resmed airsense 10 auto. Just turning off ramp up has improved the experience, I don't feel starved for air during the first 20 minutes of treatment.
Hello, you're very welcome, Glad you liked it
Thanks for doing these videos. The people at the sleep center are useless and never explained any of this to me. I think I may actually start to use the machine. Thanks Nick!
Thanks for these 3 videos! Really helpful!
Cheers, glad they helped :)
Hey THANKS. I really appreciate your help. I got a new one and it wasn't set up properly. I went to my supplier and they told me they would not change it without a prescription. Problem solved. My old one exceeded its lifetime usage. 7 years.
G'day Jimmy, Glad you enjoyed it mate. here's a vid on that 'lifetime usage' topic also - ua-cam.com/video/F3j7ybeKdQI/v-deo.html
Great video series on this AirSense! Thanks for the information.
Thanks Gar :)
Thank you for giving the best tutorial ever!
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Thank you for making these. Just subbed. That n95 explanation makes setting my machine so much easier. Do you know if one can use the iNap and cpap at the same time? Thanks for everything.
Thankx for the info. I just got my machine and the pressure was supposed to be set at 13, it was at 10. I made the change and actually got a good nights sleep
Cheers Joe, glad you found it useful. Nick
Brilliant! Thank you SO much Nick, all of your videos have helped me greatly. I am a newbie to all this, having only recently been diagnosed with moderate (when on my side) to severe (when on my back) OSA. I bought the ResMed AutoSense 10 for her device and I could not find anything in the manual about the clinical menu to fine-tune the settings. Your videos have been a game changer by giving me not only the knowledge but also the confidence to tweak the settings to improve my quality of sleep. My AHI are now consistently low - usually below 1, with the highest at 2.8. My main challenge now is to try to reduce the dreaded aerophagia effects... my extremely loud snoring and snorting has now been replaced by extremely loud sounds from the other end! :) Clearly I need to do some more tweaking to the settings and will be guided by your videos. Thanks again Nick, it is wonderful to see how much you are helping other people's lives. Cheers!
Sully - SAWEET Video! Thank you & Happy New Year!
Thank you. I am just learning and having some trouble accumulating time on machine.
Hi Dorothy, very welcome. Keep learning and keep practicing and it will get easier in time :-). Everyone struggles in the beginning
Thank you so much😀 so many options. My previous machine had virtually no options. I felt like I was a prisoner
Great series Mate! Purchased my machine 2.5 years ago after watching this series and it’s been life changing. Thank you! I send the link to all the people whom I tell to get one.
I do have a question tho. I nap in the middle of the day using the machine. It’s usually an hour and it shows me the time. Thing is, when I sleep that night, the next morning the timer shows me the total time of my sleep PLUS the nap time. I guess it’s no big deal to subtract but is there a way I can reset the daily timer after the nap so the following morning it shows only the nighttime sleep?
Thanks so much for this Nick! I really appreciate you doing these.
Most welcome, glad you enjoyed it :-)
You’re a champion. I was recently diagnosed with moderate sleep apnoea. My respiratory physician wouldn’t listen to my complaint of aerophagia and wouldn’t change the settings. I phoned CPAP Australia where I purchased my machine and they said they couldn’t change it without a prescription.
Your video has helped me immensely. I was ready to give up on using CPAP. I’ve tweaked the settings over the last fortnight and am able to tolerate it.
So thanks so much mate.
Thanks a million.. this helped me a lot. Now I sleep better after adjusting the pressure levels!
Thanks Heaps Nick, You Da Man , Very good info for a Newbie to Resmed like me , and everyone Else. Sweet Dreams a Coming..
Thanks brother. Good luck with those dreams ;-). Nicko
Thanks for the info Nick, my Airsense 10 will be here today. I can set it up right. Cheers Cobber
G'day Joe, geeze mate you starting a collection of cpap machines fella? haha
@@CPAPReviews Haha Nick, The Resmde 10 is an exchange for the Philips DS1. I have 2 now. The BMC off you and this 1.
Thanks so much for going over this. Really helped me fine-tune my settings to get the best results. They had epr off when I received it... unreal.
Cheers Bryan, best wishes mate
I've had cpap for 7 years. Usually my low pressure i have set at 10 and high is set to 13 if it needs to go that high but doesn't. I recently turned off my EPR after using it for 7 years with it set to 3 on My resmed s9 auto. When I turned it off I noticed I had to turn my pressure way down cause now it was too much air goin in and couldn't breathe out cause it was just too much volume of air in my lungs. So I lowered it down to finally settling on 8. Good number to keep me breathing but also able to exhale but I noticed doing this was it keeping my air way full of pressure. Where as when I used epr at 3 id lose all that. Now think about that for a sec logically. If ur losing all ur air from epr set too high that can cause problems like central sleep apnea. I gotta say I'm glad I turned mine off.
Great video. Just started about about a month ago and this was very helpful.
Hi Jo, Glad it was helpful! Have a good one brother
Thank you!!! My tech said he wasn’t able to change the settings ordered by the Dr. I was awakened many times when I was trying to exhale and literally blew out the mask or felt I couldn’t exhale.
You saved me. I never knew it did all that. Thanks so so so much!!!
That's nice to hear. Very welcome :-)
Me too! It feels so much better to have some control over the machine. Having you walk through an actual machine showed me what I was doing wrong. Thank you so much!
@@kelleygirl6884 Thanks Kelley :)
Thanks from West Virginia USA!
I've had this very machine for two years now and I absolutely love it.... except for a few very minor probs. I've been concerned about how it may compensate for altitude. If I go to the mountains, I obviously need more pressure to get the same therapy as I get closer to sea level. All the so-called experts have told me that this machine automatically compensates but so far, I haven't experienced that.
I also have a very old CPAP machine that a friend gave me. The output on it is completely manual and it is very easy to just crank up the pressure when I need it. I'm actually getting to the point where I prefer the old machine to my much newer Air sense 10.
....I don't know.... maybe I've still got much to learn.
Sorry Nick I don’t quite understand if I have it on auto and doing well do I still have to change something else? Thank you Nick
Awesome vid mate 👍 I’ve been suffering from stomach pain/bloating lately, my events per hour are always under 2 so I’m gonna start reducing my max pressure a bit & see if I get less stomach pain 👍👍👍
Thank you!! I've been needing this info for ages...
Best vids on UA-cam thank you
Thanks Brother, much appreciated. Nick :)
Thanks. Your video helped me get to sleep.
You're most welcome. Glad to help. Nicko
Great info …thanks from California
You're welcome
Very nice, I have this exact machine and your videos have helped immensely. Tha nks for doing what you do!
Awesome mate, glad you found them useful. Have a great day. Nick
Very Good! Why doesn't ResMed want your tutorials to continue? Like many others have noted, I switched to ResMed after having my Philips Dreamstation recalled, and the first month was terrible, with high pressures driving me crazy. Will try these adjustments (and tell my pulmonologist I'm doing it, of course), monitor the AHI, and maybe stay with the ResMed instead of sending it back or quitting CPAP altogether. (Loved the Dreamstation, BTW.)
I'm in the same situation. Had DS 1 and got ResMed AirSense 10 AutoSet last week. So far so good. Second night was so bad - felt like I couldn't breathe so I adjusted the ramp time to 5 minutes. I'm really happy about its performance! Educate yourself, People! Watch videos about CPAP (like Nick's) or from other fellow CPAPers - lots of good info out there!
Hello,by the way i went to Facebook to join. The thing about your newsletter, it was blocked by my computer?,i not to saavy about these things, so i went for facebook. Again,THANKS!!! It is a good thing you do in these matters educating us users so NICELY!!!!
Could You possibly make this important video again without the washed-out readability on the settings screen??
Hi Rob, you can change the video resolution on your youtube settings so that it's HD :-). Sometimes if you have slow internet it will reduce the quality so that it streams better. Cheers mate. Nick
Thank you. Great video and so helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
Great video. Can you touch on the "Response" Comfort setting (i.e., Standard vs Soft)? I can't find much info on this advanced setting.
Great video series on this model.
Thanks Dean :)
For "Autoset" does it mean I dont have to put my prescriped pressure setting per my prescription?
No you don't cheers
Awesome video. Great information. Thanks!
Brilliant been meaning to find how to get into the 'menu' for months now - cheers.
I have mine set at 4-20 from the hospital and wake up constantly with too much air pushing out the side of the mask which is already too tight.
I have to then push the top button to reset it and start on the ramp cycle again. Now I can reset it to about 11 max pressure - cheers
Best self help video out there!
Excellent video! I hope you don't mind if I ask you a question. Last night was only my 3rd night using the CPAP machine. The first night was horrible. (Dry mouth and I couldn't sleep.) The second night, I dropped the max pressure to 14. I had a nice sleep but the AHI was almost at 7.8. On my 3rd night, I dropped the max pressure to 12 and it has been my best night so far, but the AHI spiked up to 16. 7. I forgot to mention that the machine is giving me a pressure of 10.1. What should I do? Lower the max pressure to 10.1 or rise the pressure to 15, for example?
Thanks Nick, so helpful..
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Good morning Nick😎 hope you had a nice weekend I know you’re busy I have another question the APR it is set on #3 having difficulties breathing out exhaling from the mask inside the mask should my EPR level BE SET ON #1 #2 OR ON #3 ????? right now it is on level #3!!!!! I will wait for your reply I know you’re very busy I subscribe your channel and always well and thumbs up God bless you bro for all your help and all the help you’re helping everybody else with to the best of your knowledge which I highly admire😃👍 once again this is brother Bill peace and safety to you and your family🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
He mentions it in the video bro, 3 is the best setting to have lesser pressure as you exhale, the only thing u can do if its still to much is to get a BIPAP machine.
Well explained easily understood videos...thank you
Cheers for the kind words :-)
Thank you for your videos! Great info.
Thank you! :) Sweet dreams to you!
I'm getting one of these. Thank you for the informative videos!
Nice one mate, let me know if you need any assistance once you get it. Cheers
@@CPAPReviews Thank you Nick. After a couple of nights the machine is telling me i am having around 3 events per hour. Does that mean I need to turn up the pressure a little or is that number acceptable?
How can I get a printout of my data. I should have asked for the copy my PA explained to me at my last appointment a few days ago. He indicated that my numbers were all good. Thanks for the great information!
G'day Paul, welcome to the channel and thanks for your excellent question. There's a few ways to get a print out of the data. You can obviously just asked your PA for a copy or some people will actually buy the licences software and do their own printouts. I believe the ResMed software is called ResScan and it's around $30. Normally you can get plenty of data directly from the screen on the machine also. Have a great day brother. Nick
There is GNU freeware that recognizes the data from the card and will create a FULL report with graphs and charts as well as averaging weekly and monthly data. IT is called OSCAR. I am 4 days into using APAP and am learning a lot from OSCAR.
Did you do a video on using start or stop button when waking up in middle of night?
Hi Mark, no i don't unfortunately. Most machines have an auto on / auto off function these days so you can put your mask on, start breathing and the machine will turn on and then take your mask off and the machine will auto stop. Have a great day !
@mark d - I had the same question, however, he answers this under Data Essentials -> change to Plus. Then my menu looked like the video. I think it is around 5:38
@@CPAPReviews ok thanks
Lately, I notice that I get an occasional obstructive exhale (even w/o CPAP). Will raising the low pressure (LP) number help this? What is the typical LP max number? Thanx.