Mindray BeneView T8, Operation Manual

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Alarms
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6.6 Pausing Alarms
If you want to temporarily prevent alarms from sounding, you can pause alarms by pressing
the
hardkey on the monitor’s front. When alarms are paused:
„
No alarm lamps flash and no alarms are sounded.
„ No numeric and alarm limit flash.
„ No alarm messages are shown.
„ The remaining pause time is displayed in the physiological alarm area.
„ The alarms paused symbol is displayed in the sound symbol area.
When the alarm pause time expires or a new technical alarm occurs, the alarm paused status
is automatically cancelled and the alarm tone will sound. You can also cancel the alarm
paused status by pressing the
hardkey.
You can set the alarm pause time as desired. The default alarm pause time is 2 minutes.
1. Select [
Main Menu
]
→
[
Maintenance >>
]
→
[
User Maintenance >>
]
→
enter the
required password.
2. Select [
Alarm Setup >>
]
→
[
Alarm Pause Time
] and then select the appropriate setting
from the popup list.
6.7 Silencing the System
You can silence all system sounds by pressing the
hardkey on the monitor’s front. In that
case, will be displayed in the sound symbol area indicating all system sounds are
silenced. During system silence time, all alarm indicators except audible alarm tones behave
correctly. You can press the
hardkey again to cancel the system silenced status. When a
new alarm occurs, the system silenced status will be automatically cancelled.
6.8 Latching Alarms
The alarm latching setting for your patient monitor defines how the alarm indicators behave
when you do not acknowledge them. When alarms are set to non-latching, their alarm
indications end when the alarm condition ends. If you switch alarm latching on, all visual and
audible alarm indications last until you acknowledge the alarms, except that the measurement