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Quick Reference Guide Primus
Infinity Empowered
SW 4.5n
Alarms
Whenever an alarm message is displayed, the alarm
LED (A) flashes or lights up continuously and an acous-
tic tone sequence indicates the alarm priority class.
In addition, a flashing help text is displayed in the
prompt field (B).
If alarm limits are violated, the corresponding measured
values will be highlighted by a colored background and
will flash.
The color of the background reflects the color-coding of
the alarm priority (red, yellow, cyan).
Refer to the chapter "Alarm messages" for a list of alarm
messages.
Downgrading alarm priorities
Selected technical alarms can be downgraded to a low-
er priority or deleted completely once acknowledged.
Press the
key (C).
Suppressing alarms
Some alarms can be temporarily suppressed. This can
be done automatically depending on the ventilation
mode or manually in the menu
Standby Conf.
in
Stand-
by
or permanently via the alarm menu.
If all the alarms connected to a measurement function
have been disabled, the measured value will be marked
with the symbol
(A).
If only certain alarm limits have been disabled for
a monitoring parameter, one symbol
or
appears
next to the parameter (B).
If the upper and lower alarm limits of a monitoring pa-
rameter have been disabled, but the respective apnea
monitoring feature is still active, the symbol
appears
next to the parameter.
If an apnea monitoring feature derived from a specific
monitoring parameter has been disabled, that parame-
ter will be marked with the symbol
.
A monitoring parameter is always marked with the sym-
bol
if, after switching from
Standby
into a ventilation
mode, a valid CO
2
breathing phase has not yet been de-
tected for the parameters O
2
, N
2
O, MV, or inspiratory
and expiratory CO
2
, or, respectively, a valid pulse signal
for SpO
2
. As soon as a breathing phase has been de-
tected or valid pulse signals are available for SpO
2
, the
symbol disappears.
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A
C
B
336
A
B
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