
Chapter 6—Alarms and Troubleshooting
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Figure 64 – Control Panel Features for Blood Alarms
Table 31 – The Control Panel Keys Used During Alarms
Press…
To…
Silence an alarm for two minutes or until another alarm event occurs.
The red Mute light illuminates.
Keep the blood pump running for three minutes when a blood-leak
alarm is present. The yellow Override light will illuminate.
OR
If a blood leak alarm is not present, pressing and holding the
Override
key for one second will spread the arterial and venous alarm limits 300
mm Hg and the TMP alarm limits are spread fully open for 30 seconds.
The Override light will not illuminate.
Reset to clear blood alarms.
Pressing once will reactivate the blood pump. If offered, press and hold
a second time to reset arterial, venous, and transmembrane (TMP)
limits. This requires pressing
RESET
twice within eight seconds with
the second
RESET
being held for a full second.
If there is no blood alarm present, pressing and holding this key for one
full second will re-center the arterial and venous alarm limits.
Press to
reactivate blood
system or reset
pressure alarm
limits as prompted
Blood
Alarm
Lights
With a Blood Leak alarm,
press and hold for 1 second to
temporarily reactivate the
blood pump or spread the
alarm limits
Press to
silence
alarm