Patient Monitor User’s manual
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——The technical alarm message will still be shown in the technical alarm
area.
After the alarm paused time, or when a new medium level technical alarm
occurs during the alarm pausing, the monitor will automatically cancel the
alarm pausing. Press again the button , the alarm pausing can be cancelled
by manual operation.
After returning to the normal status, whether the alarm still exists is
dependent on whether the alarm condition is met. But when pressing the
button , the alarm of lead-off/sensor-off will automatically turn into a
prompt message.
5.9 Acknowledging Alarms
Press the button on the front panel of the monitor; you can acknowledge
all active physiological and technical alarms:
——The visual alarm and audible alarm are all shut off.
——The parameters of physiological alarm keep on flashing.
——The sign “√” is added in front of the acknowledged physiological alarm
message.
——The sign “√” is added in front of the acknowledged technical alarm
message, but the alarm of lead-off/sensor-off turns into a prompt message.
After acknowledging the alarms, if a new technical alarm or physiological
alarm occurs, the monitor will enable the visual and audible alarm once again.
5.10 Latching Alarms
The physiological alarms are classified into Latching and Non-latching.
Latching alarms: Even if the alarm cause has been cleared, the system still
prompts the alarm of the parameter until you acknowledging the alarm.
Non-latching alarms: After clearing the cause of parameter alarm, the
system will not prompt the alarm of the parameter.
All the technical alarms are non-latching alarm. and the physiological
alarms are non-latching alarm.