Alarms
142 Instructions for use – Infinity Acute Care System – Monitoring Applications VG6.n
Viewing current alarms
The Current alarms page displays all alarms that
occur during a patient’s monitoring session. The
page is cleared when the patient is discharged.
Each alarm displays the alarm priority, the duration,
and the corresponding message.
To view current alarms
1 Select Alarms... on the main menu bar.
2 Select the Current alarms tab.
Configuring alarm settings temporarily
The following table contains several commonly
used alarm settings that can be configured for a
patient temporarily. These features revert to the
password-protected configuration settings (see
chapter System configuration starting on page 443)
when the patient is discharged.
To configure alarm settings temporarily
1 Select Alarms... on the main menu bar.
2 Select the Settings tab.
Selection Available settings Description
Alarm volume Off, 5%,10 to 100% (in
increments of 10%); default is
50%
NOTE: The 5% setting is only
available when the Minimum
alarm volume setting is set to
5%.
Determines the volume of the alarm tone. You
can never turn the alarm volume lower than the
selected setting for Minimum alarm volume.
NOTES:
Make sure the alarm volume is set so it can be
heard in the monitoring environment.
The setting Off for the alarm volume is only
available under the following circumstances:
– When the Cockpit is in OR mode or
assigned to an ICS.
– When the Minimum alarm volume feature
is set to Off.
Pulse tone volume – Off
– 5, 10 (default) to 100% (in
increments of 10%)
Determines the volume of the pulse tone.
Attention tone
volume
–Off
– 5, 10 (default) to 100% (in
increments of 10%)
Determines the volume of the attention tone or
deactivates the attention tone.
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