Dräger Infinity Acute Care System - Viewing Current Alarm Messages; Special Alarm Behaviour; ASY;VF Alarms; Spo 2 Desaturation Alarms

Alarms
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Instructions for Use Infinity Acute Care System - Monitoring Applications SW VG1
Viewing Current Alarm Messages
The Cockpit identifies each alarm condition
according to the alarm priorities low, medium, and
high (see page 73 for details). In addition to visual
and audible alarm signals, alarm messages in the
header bar identify each alarm condition. The
header bar can display two messages
simultaneously. If more than two patient alarm
conditions are active at the same time, the button
More appears to the left of the alarm message field
(see page 41). Selecting this button activates the
Current alarms page. This page lists all of the
currently active alarms in a table.
Specifically, you can review the following
information for each alarm condition:
– How long the alarm has been active (duration).
– The alarm priority of the alarm condition (! = low
priority; !! = medium priority; !!! = high priority).
– Alarm message (for detailed information on the
cause and possible remedies, see the chapter
’Problem Solving’).
To access the Current alarms page:
z Select the More button to the left of the alarm
message field in the header bar (only visible
when more than two patient alarm conditions
are active).
or
1 Select the Alarms... button on the main-menu
bar.
2 Select the Current alarms tab.
Special Alarm Behaviour
Enabling any of the following features alters the
normal alarm enunciation behaviour:
– ASY/VF alarm feature
–SpO
2 desaturation alarm
– NIBP/SpO
2 interlock function
– Privacy, Standby, Cardiac bypass, and OR
modes
– French NFC Mode
ASY/VF Alarms
You can control the alarming behaviour for
ventricular fibrillation (VF) and asystole (ASY)
alarms. To make sure that VF and ASY alarms are
always reported, even when HR alarms and ARR
monitoring are disabled, set the ASY/VF Alarms
selection in the Alarms General Settings page to
Always On. If you select Follow HR alarms,
asystole and ventricular fibrillation alarm conditions
are only enunciated when either HR alarms or ARR
monitoring is also enabled. To enable or disable
this feature, see page 286.
If you select Follow HR and disable HR and ARR
alarm monitoring, the banner HR, ASY, VF Alarms
Off appears.
SpO2 Desaturation Alarms
In neonatal mode, the alarm priority is upgraded to
high priority if the SpO2 value falls more than 10%
below the lower SpO2 alarm limit.