Alarms
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Preemptive Mute
Preemptive mute is means to prevent excessive noise in the patient care environment patient.
When there is no active alarm, pressing the
Mute/Cancel
button preemptively mutes medium
priority alarms for 30 seconds. This enables you to prevent the audible alarm. When the alarm is
triggered the AMC displays the alarm and the LED is read, but there is no audible alarm.
Muting in High Noise Environments
In high noise environments, you may be inclined not to mute the alarm while addressing the
problem. Not pressing the
Mute/Cancel
button may limit the your ability to resolve the alarm
because the alarm may be retriggered and any parameter changes you are attempting are
canceled as the alarm retriggers.
Note:
During the muting of an audible alarm, the LED alarm light and alarm message are still
present.
Alarm Types
The aspirator uses a series of alarm types to provide a framework for you to see the scope and
range of the alarms that the device uses. The alarm types are:
Environment
- Environment Alarms address the device inputs: external power, battery,
ambient and battery temperature, barometric pressure (Altitude)
Self Check
-- Self Check Alarms address the performance of the device systems and include
•
Internal Communication (Comm):
faults and failures of internal communication,
cyclic redundancy checking, or processor-related issues
•
Pneumatic Sensor:
faults and failures of the pressure transducers.
•
Pneumatic System:
faults and failures of the vacuum pump or bleed valve.
•
Power System:
faults and failures of the power system could affect the ability to
operate from external power or charge/operate from the internal rechargeable
battery.
•
Preventive Maintenance:
alarms that occur when device is due for preventive
maintenance.
