Draft - 1 Aug 08
Physiologic Alarms
5-6
Alarms
*** DESAT
Red
Very Low SpO
2
Saturation.
SpO
2
value below Desaturation limit
Note—
Desat limit is set 10 points below
low limit.
SpO
2
*** TACHY yyy > xxx
Red
Extreme Tachycardia.
Heart Rate (yyy) greater than Extreme
Tachy limit
ST/AR
Basic &
Enhanced
Arrhythmia
*** V-FIB/TACH
Red
Ventricular Fibrillation.
Fibrillatory wave (sinusoidal wave
between 2-10 Hz) for 4 consecutive
seconds
ST/AR
Basic &
Enhanced
Arrhythmia
*** V-TACH
Red
Ventricular Tachycardia.
Consecutive PVCs greater than or equal to
V-Tach Run limit and Heart Rate greater
than V-Tach limit (xxx)
ST/AR
Basic &
Enhanced
Arrhythmia
** MULTI ST Lx, Ly
Yellow
Two ST leads (Lx and Ly) exceed alarm
limit elevation or depression for > 60
seconds (EASI mode or when selected).
ST/AR ST
** NURSE CALL
Yellow
The Telemetry button on the transceiver
has been pressed (and the system is
configured to alarm and the Telemetry
button is on.
Also initiated if the installation includes a
paging system and the Information Center
is configured for paging upon receipt of
Nurse Call signal.
Note—
For IntelliVue Information Centers
Release J and later, Nurse Call is a
yellow, one star (*) alarm.
Clinician-
initiated at
transceiver
or by
paging
subsystem
Physiologic (Patient) Alarms
Alarm Text
Priority
Condition
Source
Summary of Contents for IntelliVue TRx
Page 6: ...Draft 1 Aug 08 About this Book vi ...
Page 40: ...Draft 1 Aug 08 Accessories 2 18 Product Safety ...
Page 54: ...Draft 1 Aug 08 Audible Tones 3 14 Transceiver Controls ...
Page 74: ...Draft 1 Aug 08 Battery Information 4 20 Basic Operation ...
Page 94: ...Draft 1 Aug 08 Technical Alarms INOPs 5 20 Alarms ...
Page 152: ...Draft 1 Aug 08 How the QT Analysis Algorithm Works 7 24 ST AR Arrhythmia Monitoring ...
Page 176: ...Draft 1 Aug 08 Optimizing SpO2 Measurement Performance 8 24 SpO2 Monitoring ...
Page 236: ...Draft 1 Aug 08 Troubleshooting 11 16 Maintenance Cleaning Troubleshooting ...
Page 268: ...Draft 1 Aug 08 SpO2 Accessories A 10 Accessories ...
Page 270: ...Draft 1 Aug 08 B 2 Sales and Support Offices ...
Page 274: ...Draft 1 Aug 08 Index 4 ...