Mindray BeneView T1, Operator'S Manual

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7.2 Alarm Levels
By severity, the patient monitor’s alarms can be classified into three categories: high level, medium level and low level..
Physiological alarms Technical alarms
High level
Indicate that your patient is in a life
threatening situation, such as Asystole,
Vfib/Vtac and so forth, and an
emergency treatment is demanded.
Indicate a severe device malfunction or an improper operation,
which could make it possible that the monitor cannot detect
critical patient status and thus threaten the patient’s life.
Medium
level
Indicate that your patient’s vital signs
appear abnormal and an immediate
treatment is required.
Indicate a device malfunction or an improper operation, which
may not threaten the patient’s life but may compromise the
monitoring of vital physiological parameters.
Low level Indicate that you patient’s vital signs
appear abnormal and an immediate
treatment may be required.
Indicate a device malfunction or an improper operation, which
may compromise a certain monitoring function but will not
threaten the patient’s life.
7.3 Alarm Indicators
When an alarm occurs, the patient monitor will indicate it to the user through visual or audible alarm indications.
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Alarm lamp
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Audible alarm tones
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Alarm message
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Flashing numeric
7.3.1 Alarm Lamp
If a technical alarm or physiological alarm occurs, the alarm lamp will flash. The color and flashing frequency match the
alarm level as follows:
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High level alarms: the lamp quickly flashes red.
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Medium level alarms: the lamp slowly flashes yellow.
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Low level alarms the lamp lights yellow without flashing.