Covidien Nellcor GR101704, Service Manual

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Service Manual 6-13
Figure 6-9. Sample Alarm Limit Violations
6.4.4
Audible Alarm Management
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WARNING:
Do not silence or disable audible alarms if patient safety could be
compromised. Do not dim or disable visual alarms if patient safety could be
compromised.
Audible indicators include pitched tones and beeps. Audible alarms vary,
depending on the priority of the alarm. Caregivers may choose to silence
alarms by pressing ALARM SILENCE. For any alarm condition still active for
more than two (2) minutes, the monitoring system will increase the urgency
level of the audible alarm signal by increasing its frequency.
1 Saturation below lower threshold 6 Silence Alarm icon, not active
2 Pulse rate below lower threshold 7 SatSeconds alarm present
3 Patterns of desaturation present 8 Current saturation value, low
4 SPD Alert alarm icon 9 SPD Alert alarm present
5 SatSeconds alarm icon 10 Current pulse rate value, low