Mindray BeneView T8, Operation Manual

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Other Functions
22-2
22.3 Nurse Call
The patient monitor also provides nurse call signals to a nurse call system connected to the
monitor via the Auxiliary Output Connector. To obtain nurse call signals, connect a nurse call
system to the monitor and then follow this procedure:
1. Select
[Main Menu]
→
[
Maintenance >>
]
→
[
User Maintenance >>
]
→
enter the
required password.
2. Select [
Others >>
] to access the [
Others
] menu.
3. Select [
Auxiliary Output
] and then select [
Nurse Call
].
4. Select [
Nurse Call Setup
] to change the nurse call settings as follows:
„ Select [
Signal Type
] and toggle between [
Pulse
] and [
Continuous
].
‹ [
Pulse
]: the nurse call signals are pulse signals and each pulse lasts 1 second. When
multiple alarms occur simultaneously, only one pulse signal is outputted. If an
alarm occurs but the previous one is not cleared yet, a new pulse signal will also be
outputted.
‹
[
Continuous
]: the nurse call signal lasts until the alarm ends, i.e. the duration of a
nurse call signal equals to that of the alarm condition.
„ Select [
Contact Type
] and toggle between [
Normally Open
] and [
Normally Closed
].
‹
[
Normally Open
]: select if your hospital’s nurse call relay contact is normally
open.
‹
[
Normally Closed
]: select if your hospital’s nurse call relay contact is normally
closed.
„ Select [
Alm Lev
] and set the alarm level for nurse call-triggering alarms.
„ Select [
Alarm Cat.
] and then select the category to which the nurse call-triggering
alarms belong.
Alarm conditions are indicated to nurses only when:
„ The nurse call system is enabled,
„ An alarm that meets your preset requirements occurs, and
„ The monitor is not in the alarm paused or silence status.