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Go immediately to the patient when an alarm occurs and check the
patient’s condition. When the patient resumes breathing, the alarm is
switched off automatically. Both the delay time and the alarm LED
continue to flash to show that apnea has occurred for longer than the
set
Apnea delay
. Pressing the <Esc> key stops the flashing.
7.9.3 Technical heart rate and apnea alarms
The section “Table of technical alarm messages” on page 65 can be
consulted for the technical alarm signals and the recommended
troubleshooting procedure. The heart rate and apnea monitors
display technical alarms with the corresponding messages. Until the
problem has been eliminated, the heart and respiration rates are
replaced by a question mark symbol.
7.10 Alarm messages – meanings and other
information
The tables in this section list in alphabetical order all the text mes-
sages that can appear on the VitaGuard® display together with more
detailed explanations and troubleshooting hints.
7.10.1 Order of equal-priority alarm conditions
The numbers in the No. column on the right indicate the internal
priorities that VitaGuard® uses to process the respective messages.
This is of importance to the doctor only.
7.10.2 Table of physiological alarm messages
Physiological alarms are reported with high priority.