Chapter 8: Oximetry
8-10
Veterinary 3 Parameter Advisor
®
Operation Manual
SpO
2
Alarms
An SpO
2
alarm will be issued when the numeric measured value for SpO
2
matches or exceeds the alarm limits
set for %SpO
2
(or PPR if SpO
2
is the selected heart rate source), when the monitor loses a pulse, or when there
is a malfunction with the sensor. See
Set the Alarm Limits
in
Chapter 5: Monitoring the Patient
for instructions for
setting high and low alarm limits.
NOTE! The low SpO
2
alarm limit minimum test value is 85%. If you change the low SpO
2
alarm limit to a
value less than 85% and then change the patient type, add a new patient, or power down/power
up the monitor, a value of 85% takes the place of the value you entered.
During an SpO
2
alarm, an audible alarm tone will sound and ALARM will appear in the alarm status line at the
top of the display. In the SpO
2
parameter box, a message may be displayed describing the alarm condition and,
when applicable, the violating measured value and violated alarm limit will flash.
SpO
2
alarms are categorized as high or medium priority.
ALARM CONDITION
INDICATION
LOW %SpO
2
Audible high priority alarm; flashing red %SpO
2
value
in the SpO
2
parameter box
HIGH PPR (if SpO
2
is the heart rate source)
Audible high priority alarm; flashing red pulse rate
value in the ECG parameter box
LOW PPR (if SpO
2
is the heart rate source)
Audible high priority alarm; flashing red pulse rate
value in the ECG parameter box
HIGH %SpO
2
Audible medium priority alarm; flashing yellow
%SpO
2
value in the SpO
2
parameter box
CHECK SENSOR
Audible medium priority alarm; flashing yellow
message in the SpO
2
parameter box
SEARCHING TOO LONG
Audible medium priority alarm; flashing yellow
message in the SpO
2
parameter box
OXIMETER ERROR
Audible medium priority alarm; flashing yellow
message in the SpO
2
parameter box
OXIMETER COM ERROR
Audible medium priority alarm; flashing yellow
message in the SpO
2
parameter box
