Patient Monitor User’s Manual
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Chapter 4 Alarm
Alarm refers to a prompt that is given by the monitor for
medical personnel through visual, audible and other means when
a vital sign appears abnormal or the monitor occurs technical
problem.
Note: The monitor generates all the audible and visual
alarms through speaker, alarm lamp and screen.
When the monitor powers on, the alarm lamp will
be lighted in red and yellow one time and the
speaker will give a beep voice, which indicates the
alarm system of the monitor is working normally.
4.1 Alarm Categories
By nature, the monitor’s alarms can be classified into three
categories:
1. Physiological alarms
Physiological alarms are triggered by a monitored parameter
value that violates set alarm limits or an abnormal patient
condition. Physiological alarm message are displayed in the
physiological alarm area.
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