Dräger Infinity Acute Care System - Enabling or Disabling Alarm Monitoring Permanently; Configuring a Patients Alarm Settings

Instructions for Use Infinity Acute Care System - Monitoring Applications SW VG1 85
Alarms
Enabling or Disabling Alarm Monitoring Permanently
If the password-protected alarm -pause feature is
set to no timeout (see page 286), the following
happens:
– All audible and visual alarm signals for new
alarm conditions are suppressed for all
parameters until alarm monitoring is manually
enabled again.
– Audible alarm signals for any active alarm
condition stop immediately.
– The alarming parameter box and alarm bar
return to the pre-alarm state.
– Alarm messages are removed from the alarm
message field in the header bar.
– The far-right field of the header bar turns yellow
and displays the message All alarms off and
the following symbol:
– The message All alarms off is recorded in the
alarm history (see page 97).
To enable alarm monitoring permanently
1 Select the symbol next to the Alarms
button on the main-menu bar of the Cockpit.
2 Select the All alarms off button on the toolbar.
To enable alarm monitoring after disabling
1 Select the symbol next to the Alarms
button on the main-menu bar of the Cockpit.
2 Select the All alarms off button again on the
toolbar.
The Cockpit provides audible and visual alarm
signals again when it detects a new alarm
condition.
Configuring a Patient’s Alarm Settings
The following section describes the available alarm
features and settings. You can adjust the alarm
settings for an individual parameter in the
respective parameter-specific setup page. Or, you
can set up the alarm settings of multiple
parameters in one setup page. When setting alarm
limits, make sure they are appropriate for the
patient’s condition.
WARNING
If No Timeout is assigned to the alarm-off
period, no counter appears and alarms remain
deactivated until you enable them again.
WARNING
Never leave a patient unattended when alarm
monitoring is permanently disabled. Always
enable alarm monitoring again as soon as
possible.
NOTE
If the Cockpit is connected to the network, the
message All alarms off also appears at the ICS .