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Aespire View
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Alarms
When an alarm occurs during a case, an alarm tone sounds and the
alarm message is displayed in the alarm message field. The alarm
message area has room for four alarms to be shown at one time. If
more than four alarms occur, the alarms cycle every two seconds.
Alarms have three general causes:
•
Malfunctions - Result in reduced system function or prevent
mechanical ventilation.
• Patient monitoring - Are caused by high and low limit settings that
are adjusted by the user.
• Informational - Are caused by control settings or system
conditions that may change system operation.
Audio
Alarm priority is dependent on the level of risk to the patient.
A high-priority alarm tone sounds in two bursts of five tones, a 10
second pause, and then repeats. Some high-priority alarms can be
silenced for 120 seconds.
Medium-priority alarm tones sound in three tones with a 25 second
pause, then repeats. Medium priority alarms can be silenced for 120
seconds.
Informational alarms have a single alarm tone and the tone does not
repeat.
Silencing an alarm stops the audible tone for 120 seconds. Pushing
the Alarm silence key when no medium or high-priority alarms are
active suspends audible alarm tones for 90 seconds.
Display
Messages for alarms are displayed as follows:
•
High-priority alarms show in white text on a red background.
• Medium priority alarms show in yellow text on a dark gray
background.
• Informational messages show in white text on a dark gray
background.