Alarm system
CNAP
®
Monitor 500
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6.3.2
Pausing/switching off alarms – Alarms Paused, Alarms Off
In order to temporarily deactivate (= pause) physiological alarms, press
Alarm Pause/Off
twice. Temporarily no physiological alarms will be activated, e.g. when a patient is being relocated.
Depending on the
Alarm Pause
settings, either the status
Alarms Off
or
Alarms Paused
is
displayed. This message is permanently displayed in the alarm field for the duration of the alarm
pause.
Alarm Pause:
Depending on the monitor configuration, the alarms may be paused for a limited
or unlimited time. Hence selecting an alarm pause of an unlimited amount of time equals switching
off the alarm signal completely.
Alarm Off:
If the value for
Alarm Pause
is set to unlimited, the visual and acoustic alarms are
suppressed for an unlimited time after pressing the
Alarm Pause/Off
button two times. This
condition can be disabled by pressing the
Alarm Pause/Off
button three times. In this mode a
reminder signal is emitted every 60 minutes.
Menu item
Description
Settings
Alarm Pause
Setting of alarm pause
1 min, 2 min, 3 min,
no timeout
NOTE:
•
Pausing alarms is only possible if no physiological alarms are activated.
•
During measurements,
Alarm Pause
setting changes will only become active with
the next activated alarm pause, i.e. after restart of the alarm system (see chapter
6.3.3 – Reactivation of paused alarms) and reactivation of paused alarms by pressing
Alarm Pause/Off
twice.
•
Technical malfunction alarms or malfunction reports are displayed even when the
function
Alarm Pause
has been activated.
NOTE:
•
During temporary alarm pauses, the remaining pause time is displayed in the
Alarm
frame
.
•
In case of a temporally unlimited alarm pause, the
Alarm frame
displays the mes-
sage
Alarms Off
.
6.3.3
Reactivation of paused alarms - Alarms Off
In order to reactivate alarms having been paused for an unlimited amount of time, press
Alarm
Pause/Off
three times.
6.4
Alarm limits
Alarm limits set the alarm conditions for physiological alarm signals.
6.4.1
Display of individual alarm limits
The preset alarm limits (upper, lower) of every measuring parameter are displayed beside the re-
spective measured value in the
Parameter frame
of the main screen. If a parameter's alarm
function is deactivated, the symbol for
Alarms Off
will appear next to the measured value in the
Parameter frame
(refer to chapter 6.1 – Visual alarm signals).
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