Patient Monitor User Manual Alarm
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When it is set to
UNLATCH
, when alarm occurs, the monitor will give an audio prompt and
a light prompt (the
FONT FLASH
and
BK FLASH
are not active). Different from the
LATCH
mode, after this alarm event is over, the monitor will stop giving the alarm prompt.
6.2 Alarm Cause
An alarm occurs when:
1. A physiological alarm is evoked;
2. An alarm for error of the system (technical alarm) is evoked;
3. A general alert occurs.
A. Conditions that activate the parameter alarms:
The measurement value exceeds the alarm limit and the alarm is set to
ON
.
B. Conditions that activate the system alarms (technical alarm):
Upon the system error, the monitor prompts an alarm immediately.
C. General alert
In some circumstances, alerts will behave as physiological alarms. But in normal sense, we do not
regard them as real patient health related items.
6.3 Silence
Enter
SYSTEM MENU > MAINTAIN > USER MAINTAIN > ALARM SETUP
. If the
ALARM SILENCE
is set to
ON
, press
Silence
button to turn off the audio alarm or pause it.
1. Audio alarm paused icon
When the
ALARM SILENCE
is
ON
, press
SILENCE
button on front panel, then the audio
alarm is paused. And the paused time can be set in
ALARM SETUP
menu, see figure 6-2.
The audio alarm paused icon displays beside the parameter. Press
SILENCE
button again can
resume the audio alarm.
2. Audio alarm off icon
Press and hold the
SILENCE
button for more than 3 seconds, and then the audio alarm is
turned off. Then pressing
SILENCE
button again or hold it for a few seconds can turn on the
audio alarm. In the audio alarm off state, the monitor gives a low alarm beep per 3 minutes to
prompt that the alarm is turned off.
NOTE:
Whether an alarm will be reset depends on the status of the alarm cause.