Welch Allyn Connex IWS, Directions For Use Manual

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• Respiration rate in breaths per minute (BPM)
• Alarm limit control
Note
RR monitoring is available only in the Continuous Monitoring profile.
Set up RR
Only alarm delays and modifiers can be changed for the RR parameter. See "Configure
RR alarms" to adjust alarm settings. Follow these steps to set up RR modifiers, if
applicable.
1. Touch the Patients tab.
2. Touch the Manual tab.
3. Scroll through the list to find the RR section, then enter or select the RR modifier(s)
as desired.
Note If no modifiers are associated with this parameter, no RR
section will appear.
4. Touch OK .
The Home tab appears. In the Continuous Monitoring profile, the modifiers are saved
with the next set of measurements sent to the network.
Configure RR alarms
Follow these steps to set alarm limits for RR measurements.
1. Verify that you are using the Continuous Monitoring profile.
Note If "Allow profile change" is enabled in Advanced settings, the
device attempts to shift automatically to the Continuous
Monitoring profile when you connect the sensor cable.
2. Touch the
Alarms
tab.
3. Touch the
RR
vertical tab.
4. Ensure that the RR alarm limit control is set to ON.
Note
If any parameter's alarm limit control is set to OFF, you
cannot adjust alarm limits on the Alarm tab, and no visual or
audio signals will occur for that specific parameter.
5. Adjust the following settings as desired:
• RR limits. Enter upper and lower alarm limits for RR using the up/down arrow
keys or the keypad.
• High alarm delay. Select the duration from the list box. This alarm delay specifies
the minimum duration of a high alarm limit condition to activate an alarm signal.
You can set the default in Advanced settings.
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