Philips IntelliVue TRx, Instructions For Use Manual

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Draft - 1 Aug 08
Physiologic Alarms
Alarms 5-5
Warning Warning
Do not rely exclusively on the audible alarm system for patient monitoring.
Adjustment of alarm volume to a low level during patient monitoring may
result in patient danger. Remember that the most reliable method of patient
monitoring combines close personal surveillance with correct operation of
monitoring equipment.
Arrhythmia alarm chaining and other aspects of alarm behavior, such as alarm
levels, setting alarm limits, customizing arrhythmia alarm settings on a per
patient basis, switching individual measurement alarms on/off, and reviewing
alarm messages, are described in
IntelliVue Information Center Instructions for
Use.
There are two levels of arrhythmia analysis available at the Information Center:
Basic and Enhanced. Enhanced analysis includes Basic alarms.
NBP alarms are listed in the TeleMon Instructions for Use and the Information
Center Online Help .
In the following table, Red (***) alarms are listed alphabetically, followed by
the Yellow (**) alarms, and the Yellow (*) arrhythmia alarms
.
Physiologic (Patient) Alarms
Alarm Text Priority Condition Source
***ASYSTOLE Red Asystole.
No QRS for 4 consecutive seconds ST/AR
Basic &
Enhanced
Arrhythmia
*** BRADY yyy < xxx Red Extreme Bradycardia.
Heart Rate (yyy) less than Extreme Brady
limit (xxx) ST/AR
Basic &
Enhanced
Arrhythmia