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Alarms and limits
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(High Priority) and technical alarm (Medium Priority).
The alarms will sound according to their priority:
• High Priority Alarm (Physiological Alarms): Indicates the physiological changes
of the patient and will be triggered when the value measured by the equipment
exceeds the minimum or maximum limits set previously on the machine by the
operator.
• Medium Priority Alarm (Technical Alarm): indicates that the equipment is not able
to monitor the patient’s condition.
• Information Messages: they are displayed on equipment screen (in white or cyan
colors). This messages are only indications and do not require immediate action
from the operator.
• Sings and warning do not emit beeps; they are just visual changing its color to
cyan.
If the equipment has different alarm priorities simultaneously occurring, the high
priority alarm will overlap the medium priority.
The CardioMax maintains the previous alarm settings in case of shutdown for a
period of 30 seconds or less. After this time, the equipment returns automatically to
the factory default settings to ensure safety in the event of patient exchange.
Alarm Priority
Alarm description or
audible alert
Alarm Volume or audible alert
Physiological – High Priority
Two sets of five tons of short
beeps, repeated at 2.6 second
intervals.
74 dB (A).
Technical – Medium Priority
One sets of three tons of longs
beeps, repeated at 6 second
intervals.
67 dB (A).
Characteristics of alarm messages:
ECG
ALARM
PRIORITY
COLOR
POSSIBLE CAUSE
Electrode loose
MEDIUM PRIORITY
Yellow
Electrode disconnected .
Searching ECG
sign
MEDIUM PRIORITY
Yellow
Low ECG amplitude or saturated ECG signal.
PACEMAKER
detected
MEDIUM PRIORITY
Yellow
Pacemaker pulses detected.
Bradycardia (↑)
HIGH PRIORITY
RED
When the BPM is above the value set on the
alarm configuration.
