GE Portrait Hub01, User Manual

Page: 84 / 198

Alarms
Alarm signals and user position
Alarm signals are designed to alert the user visually and audibly. The signals should be
detectable up to a distance of 1 meter/3.3 feet from the alarming device.
Visual alarm indicators
Visual alarm indicators have the following characteristics:
Priority level Alarm location
High Medium
Low
Informational Characteristics
Hub alarm area,
Central Viewer
alarm message
area (Single
Patient View) White text
inside a red box. Black text inside
a yellow box. Black text inside
a cyan box. Black text inside
a gray box. Only alarms for
the displayed
patient appear.
The alarms are
displayed until
the condition is
resolved.
Hub alarm area,
Central Viewer
alarm message
area (Multiple
Patient View) White text
inside a red box. Black text inside
a yellow box. Black text inside
a cyan box. Black text inside
a gray box. The highest
priority, most
recent unac-
knowledged
alarm is dis-
played until the
condition is re-
solved.
Central Viewer
only: alarm
display unit area
(Single Patient
View) White text
inside a red box. Black text inside
a yellow box. No indication
(normal color). No indication
(normal color). Other patients
than the one
displayed in this
slot: Only the
highest priority,
most recent
alarm from
each alarming
patient is
displayed in the
alarm message
area until the
condition is
resolved or
the alarm is
acknowledged.
Hub and
Central Viewer:
Measurement
numerics White text
inside a red box. Black text inside
a yellow box. Black text inside
a cyan box. No indication
(normal color). The
measurement
numeric
displays in
the alarming
state until the
condition is
resolved. A
measurement
numeric value
that is related
to an alarm
is highlighted
accordingly.
84
Portrait ™ Mobile Monitoring Solution
5815148-01