Biocare iM 12, User Manual

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Chapter 7 Alarm
User Manual of Veterinary Monitor --107--
Chapter 7 Alarm
7.1 General Description
Alarm means acoustic and optical prompts provided to the medical staff by the monitor in response to the changes
in the vital signs of the animal that is being monitored or to problems with the monitoring of the animal following
a mechanical breakdown of the monitor. Bedside alarm prompts are given for equipment that is not connected to
the central station. For equipment that is connected to the central station, the alarm can be given at the central
station.
7.2 Alarm Type
Alarm includes physiological alarm and technical alarm.
Physiological alarm: the alarm that is triggered when some physiological parameter of the animal is passed; for
example, when the animal‘s heart rate is above the limit.
Technical alarm: the alarm that is triggered when one or more monitoring functions are abnormal or the measured
results are distorted following the failure of the system or sensors; for example, ECG animal cable fall off.
7.3 Alarm Level
Alarm has three levels: High, Mid and Low.
The monitor has preseted alarm levels for both physiological and technical alarms.
Attention
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Only the Mid and Low alarm levels are available for arrhythmia analysis except Asystole and
VFib/VTac (ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia).
7.4 Alarm Mode
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Lighting Alarm
Please refer to 2.3.1 for more details.
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Audible Alarm
Please refer to 7.6.10 for more details.
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Parameter Flashing
When a physiological parameter of the animal is alarmed, the parameter in parameter region flashes once per
second and the upper or lower limit of the parameter also flashes with the same frequency indicating that the
parameter is running beyond its upper limit or below its lower limit.
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Text Message
Corresponding text messages are also offered by the monitor‘s physiological and technical alarm regions
when an alarm is in process. For physiological alarms, the symbol ‗*‘ is added in the front of the alarm
message to discriminate its level: ‗***‘ represents a high-level alarm, ‗**‘ represents a mid-level alarm, and
‗*‘ represents a low-level alarm. But for technical alarms, no symbol ‗*‘ is added in the front of the alarm
messages in the technical alarm display region.
Furthermore, the monitor also uses different background colors to discriminate different alarm levels. Red
represents a high-level alarm, yellow represents a mid-level alarm and low-level physiological alarm, and
blue represents a low-level technical alarm.