Welch Allyn Connex IWS, Directions For Use Manual

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• To turn alarm limits off or on for the vital sign: Touch or . This
button toggles to display the current alarm state.
If you turn off alarm limit checking for a vital sign, no visual or audio alarm signals
will occur for those limits. If alarm limit checking is off, the icon changes to
on the Home tab in the parameter frame.
Modify audio alarm notification
You can modify the volume of all audio alarms.
Note If the Allow user to turn off general audio option is selected in Advanced
settings, you can turn off audio alarms. Whenever possible, however, do
not rely on visual alarm notifications alone while monitoring patients. If the
patient is being monitored continuously, maintain a clear line of sight with
the monitor while audio alarms are disabled.
WARNING
If you are relying on audio alarm notifications, set the volume
as needed considering the environment and ambient noise levels. Verify
that the alarm is audible to a clinician working at the maximum distance
from the monitor.
As you are working in the Alarms tab, parameter measurements appear across the top of
the tab.
1. Touch the Alarms tab.
2. On the General tab, modify audio alarm notification.
• To enable or disable audio alarms, select Alarm audio on or Alarm audio off .
If you turn off audio alarms, visual alarm signals still occur in the LED light bar,
Device Status area, and on the Home tab in parameter frames.
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