
Ipump Pain Management System Operator’s Manual
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Table 6-1
Alert Messages and Responses
Alert Message
Situation/Action
1 HOUR
LIMIT REACHED
Situation: The volume delivered has reached the programmed 1-hour limit and
further fluid delivery has been stopped. Pump operation is interrupted.
Action:
1.
Press
Clear/Silence
to cancel the alert.
2.
Check the prescription and verify that the correct parameters have been entered.
Evaluate the current prescription. Infusion and/or availability of PCA (as
programmed) will resume when the 1-hour period expires.
3.
If the patient requires an additional drug dosage after the infusion has been
interrupted by the 1-hour limit, then:
Q
administer a bolus dose (see “Programming the Bolus Dose,” 5-26) or
Q
reprogram an increased 1-hour limit.
If the 1-hour limit is reprogrammed, the pump starts a new 1-hour accounting
period. Changes to other prescription parameters will not start a new 1-hour
accounting period.
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