GE Portrait Hub01, User Manual

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Alarm messages
Alarms related to the respiration rate
measurement
Alarm priorities are given in the section discussing alarm specifications.
Make sure that you are familiar with the generic layout of the Hub and Central Viewer
screens. This will help you identify where the following alarm messages appear. The alarm
location is indicated with the following abbreviations:
●
al. area = alarm area
●
data = data area
Physiological messages
Alarm message
Location
Possible explanations Suggested actions
Hub:
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Apnea
●
APN
Central Viewer:
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Apnea
●
APN
●
al. area
●
data
No breathing detected during
the time that has been set as the
apnea limit.
●
Check the patient.
●
Check electrode placement
and skin to electrode contact.
Hub:
●
Resp artifact
●
Artifact
Central Viewer:
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Resp artifact
Hub:
●
al. area
●
data
Central
Viewer:
●
al. area
Respiration signal quality is very
low due to patient movement or
poor electrode contact.
●
Check the patient.
●
Check electrode placement
and skin to electrode contact.
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