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LIFEPAK 20e Defibrillator/Monitor Operating Instructions 2-21
©2006-2015 Physio-Control, Inc.
MANAGING ALARMS
The alarm bell symbol indicates when alarms are on or off . All alarms that are controlled
by QUICK SET have equal priority. When alarms are on and an alarm limit is exceeded, a tone
sounds, the violated parameter flashes, and an alarm message appears on the screen.
To manage an alarm:
1 Press
ALARMS
. This silences the alarm for 2 minutes.
Note: After alarms are silenced by pressing the
ALARMS
button, an alert tone of two quick
beeps sounds after 60 seconds.
2 Assess the cause of the alarm.
3 Assess the appropriateness of the limits setting (
WIDE
or
NARROW
).
4 If the patient is unstable, consider silencing the alarm for up to 15 minutes while attending to
the patient. Do not reselect
QUICK SET.
5 Once the patient is stable, reselect
QUICK SET
if necessary.
When alarms are on, you can silence them preemptively for up to 15 minutes.
To silence alarms preemptively:
1 Press
ALARMS
.
2 Select
SUSPEND
.
3 Select a silence duration of 2, 5, 10, or 15 minutes.
4 The message
ALARMS SUSPENDED
appears at the bottom of the screen.
If alarms are silenced for more than two minutes, an alert tone of two quick beeps sounds every
2.5 minutes. If alarms are silenced for two minutes, the alert tone sounds after 60 seconds.
Note: When you select
SUSPEND
, the VF/VT alarm is not silenced.
WARNING!
Possible failure to detect an out of range condition.
Reselecting QUICK SET will reset the alarm limits around the patient’s current vital sign values.
This may be outside the safe range for the patient.