GE CARESCAPE ONE - Alarm Overview; Alarm Types

Alarms
WARNING
MIXEDENVIRONMENT.Ahazardcanexistwhenthesame
typeofmonitorsinthesamecareareaareusingdifferent
monitoringprolesanddefaultcongurationsettings.
WARNING
MISSINGCRITICALEVENTS.Reducingthephysiologicalalarms’
prioritylevelslowerthanthedefaultlevelcanleadtomissed
detectionofcriticalorseriouseventsandthereforetoadverse
patientoutcome.Keepthepatientunderclosesurveillanceif
youadjusttheprioritylevelslowerthanthedefaultvaluefor
thefollowingphysiologicalalarms:
●VTach
●Ventricularandatrialarrhythmias
●Tachy/Bradyhigh/low
●FrequentPVCsandSVCs
●SThigh/low
●SpO
2
●RR(Impedance)high/low,RR(CO
2
)high/low
●Apnea(Impedance),Apnea(CO
2
)
●NIBPhigh/low
●IP,CPPhigh/low
●CO2high/low
●Temperaturehigh/low
WARNING
Reducingthetechnicalalarms’prioritylevelslowerthanthe
defaultlevelcanleadtomisseddetectionofcriticalevents
andthereforetoadversepatientoutcome.Ifyouadjustthe
prioritylevelsforECGleadoff,ECGLeadsoff,NoisyECG,
Arrhythmiapaused,orSpO
2
probeoffalarmslowerthanthe
defaultvalue,keepthepatientunderclosesurveillance.
Alarmoverview
Alarmtypes
Therearetwotypesofalarmsettings,systemandpatient-specic.Systemalarm
settingsaresetgloballyacrossanentirecareenvironment.Theyareconguredatthe
timeofinstallationandarepasswordprotected.Examplesofcongurablesystem
alarmsettingsare:
●Minimumalarmvolumeallowed
●Audioandalarmlightoffallowed
Patient-specicalarmsettingsareindividualized,basedonapatient’scurrent
condition.Examplesofpatient-specicalarmsettingsare:
●Parameteralarmlimits
●Arrhythmiaalarmprioritysettings
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