Suppressing audible alarms temporarily
Adjusting limits
For two minutes:
Press the
Silence Alarms
key.
1. Press the ComWheel and select
Alarms Setup
.
For five minutes:
Press the
Silence Alarms
key for more than three
seconds.
2. Select
Adjust Limits
and highlight the measurement.
3. Press the ComWheel. An adjustment window appears.
If the alarms are not active when you press the
Silence Alarms
key,
they are pre-silenced for two or five minutes.
4. In the adjustment window, turn the ComWheel to change the
limits. Press the ComWheel to confirm the selection and to
move between selections.
Exception
: FiO2 <18%, EtO2 <10%, FiN2O >82%, and high Ppeak
alarms are silenced for 20 seconds. New alarms are displayed.
Changing sources
•
To reactivate alarms, press the
Silence Alarms
key during the
silencing period.
For NIBP, P1, P2, O2, AA, T1, and T2 you can select which
measured values trigger the alarm. For example, for pressures
the possibilities are systolic, diastolic, mean value, or OFF.
New alarms are activated. Silenced alarms are active after two
minutes. Apnea alarm is activated after five breaths.
Only the last modified source is active.
Suppressing audible alarms permanently
1. Press the ComWheel and select
Alarms Setup
.
1. Press the ComWheel and select
Alarms Setup
.
2. Select
Adjust Limits
and select the measurement.
2. Select
Audio ON/OFF
.
3. In the adjustment window, press the ComWheel as many
times as required to get to the menu selections.
3. Select
Silence Apnea
,
Silence ECG
,
Silence Apn&ECG
, or
Silence ALL
.
If an active alarm is suppressed, a reminder beep appears every
two minutes.
4. Select the alarm.
Receiving other site alarms (with N-XNET or N-XDNET option)
•
To reactivate alarms, select
Activate Alarms
.
The monitor needs to be connected to the network.
WARNING: Always make sure that necessary alarm limits are set
and active when you start monitoring.
1. Press the ComWheel and select
Patient Data
.
2. Select
Other Patients
.
WARNING
:
Suppression of alarms may compromise patient safety.
3. Select
Receive Alarms
and choose a site.
Adjusting volume
1. Press the ComWheel and select
Alarms Setup
.
2. Select
Alarm Volume
.
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