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5.2 Alarm Signal Generation
When there is alarm condition, the Gima Vital Signs Monitor generates alarm signal with visual indications
(which are shown by two ways: LED indicator with different color and textual message display) and audible
indication.
Visual Alarm Indication
The flashing rates for the three categories of alarms are shown in the table below.
Table 5.1
Refer to Chapter 11.2 Alarm Information for detailed alarm message descriptions.
Audible Alarm Indication
The audible alarm has different tone pitch and on-off beep patterns for each priority category. These are sum-
marized in the table below.
Table 5.2
Note:
Visual alarm indication can not be suspended or removed. Audible alarms may be decreased in volume
or silenced as described.
5.3 Alarm Reset and Silence
Press (Alarm Silence) key to pause the audible alarm temporarily or reset the current alarm condition.
During the monitoring process, press “Alarm Silence” key shortly to start the alarm silence for 2 minutes. The
counting down time shows up on the upper left corner of the screen once the alarm silence is activated. Long
pressing “Alarm Silence” key will reset the current alarm condition, that means the sound mute for this alarm
will not resume unless another alarm condition occurs. During the alarm silence period, if there is a new alarm
condition other than the current one occurs, the device will generate the audible alarm indication again auto-
matically. After the end of alarm silence period, if the current alarm condition still exists, then the audible alarm
indication will resume as well.
When the Gima Vital Signs Monitor generates alarms, the user can press key to reset or pause the au-
dible alarm indication for a given silence period when necessary.
DO NOT silence the audible alarm or decrease its volume if patient safety could be compromised.
For the alarm conditions of “Can not detect SpO
2
” and “Can not detect HR/PR”, the audible alarm indica-
tion will only last for about 7 seconds.
Alarm signal can be reset, but it can NOT be deactivated all the time.
5.4 Alarm Settings
1. Except volume of audible alarm can be adjustable, the other properties of the alarm signal cannot be adju-
sted by the user, such as alarm priority setting, alarm light flashing and so on. In addition, all alarms in this
patient Gima Vital Signs Monitor are “non-latched” type, that is to say, when the alarm condition does not
exist, the corresponding alarm signal will automatically stop.
The alarm volume range is shown as below:
• High: 45dB~80dB (The distance from the front of device to the test instrument is 1m)
• Medium: 45dB~75dB (The distance from the front of device to the test instrument is 1m)
• Low: 45dB~70dB (The distance from the front of device to the test instrument is 1m)
LED Indicator Color
Alarm Category
Flashing Rate
Red flashing
High priority alarm
2 Hz
Yellow flashing
Medium priority alarm
0,5 Hz
Yellow light
Low priority alarm
Constant(on)(non-flashing)
Alarm Category
Tone Pitch
Beep Chain
High priority alarm
~400 Hz
10 beeps pause 3 sec.
Medium priority alarm
~500 Hz
3 beeps pause 5 sec.
Low priority alarm
~500 Hz
Single beep