natus Camino ICP, User Manual

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CHAPTER 5 – Responding to physiological and technical
alarms
About the two alarm types
The Natus Camino ICP Monitor activates two types of audio/visual alarms to indicate problems that require
immediate attention:
Alarm Type Description
Physiological
Alerts the nurse/physician that the patient’s Mean ICP value being monitored has
exceeded the specified limit for more than 5 seconds.
Technical
Alerts the nurse/physician that there is a problem with the monitor’s battery,
electrical components, software version, or catheter connections. These
technical alarms include:
• Irreversible System Failures
• ICP catheter failure
• Temperature sensor failure
• Low battery level (5 minutes or
less)
• Monitor overheating
• Cooling fan failure
• Mean ICP is out of accuracy
range
• Temperature range is out of
accuracy range
• Battery failure
Warning
The alarm speaker with any materials that might muffle the alarm sound.
About the Technical Messages
In addition to the technical alarms, the Camino ICP Monitor also displays technical messages on the status bar to
indicate problems with:
• Low battery level (15 minutes or less) • No catheter is connected
• Multiple catheters are connected • Catheter initialization failure
• Catheter initializing • Cannot write to log file
For information on responding to these messages, see Chapter 5.