Cooper Surgical F9 Express, User Manual

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Chapter 4 Alarms
4.1 Alarm Classification
The F9 Monitor has two types of alarms: a patient alarm and a technical alarm.
Patient alarms indicate that the vital signs are exceeding its configured limit. They can be disabled.
The adjustable alarm limits determine the conditions that trigger the alarm.
Technical alarms indicate that the F9 Monitor can not measure and therefore can not reliably detect
critical patient conditions. When a patient alarm is switched off, its related technical alarms will be
disabled as well.
According to the degree of severity, the alarms are divided into two levels: medium and low. A
medium level alarm is a severe warning, labeled with the symbol **; a low level alarm is a general
warning.
The medium level alarms have higher priority than the low level alarms. If both types of alarms are
active at the same time, the Monitor sounds an audible indicator for the medium level alarms.
The system sets all patient alarms as medium level and all technical alarms as low level, and these
settings can not be changed.
4.2 Audible Alarm
When an alarm is active, the F9 Monitor gives out an alarm sound.
Medium level alarm: a “Do” tone is repeated three times, followed by a pause.
Low level alarm: a single “Do” tone is issued, followed by a pause.
Press the
SILENCE
key on the front panel to toggle between audible alarm
on
and
off
. Meanwhile,
the audible alarm indicator on the main interface will toggle between and . However, the
alarm messages will still be displayed and the alarm indicator will still be lit up when an alarm is
active.
WARNING : Do not disable the audible alarm for the condition where the
patient’s safety may be endangered.