GE CARESCAPE ONE - Alarm Conditions; Alarms in Dual Monitoring; Checking Alarm Function

Alarms
Alarmconditions
●Physiologicalalarmconditionsaretriggeredbyapatientmeasurementbeing
outsidetheparameterlimits,byapnea,orbyanarrhythmiacondition.
●Technicalalarmconditionsaretriggeredbyanelectrical,mechanical,orother
failureoftheequipment,orbyfailureofasensororcomponent.Technicalalarm
conditionsmayalsobecausedwhenanalgorithmcannotclassifyorinterpretthe
availabledata.Thevisualmanifestationofatechnicalalarmisactiveaslongas
thereasonforthatalarmexists.
￭Certaintechnicalalarmscanbedeactivatedwiththepauseaudiokey.Some
alarmscanbeconguredintheCareUnitSettingsanditispasswordprotected.
Formoreinformation,seethesupplementalinformationprovided.
Alarmsindualmonitoring
NOTE
Duringpreparationforandreturnfromtransport,the
CARESCAPEONEisconnectedtoahostmonitorindual
monitoring.Indualmonitoring,alarmmessagesarenot
showninthealarmareaandparameterwindownumerics
donotashontheCARESCAPEONEdisplayduringanalarm
conditionbecausetheCARESCAPEONEisactingasan
acquisitiondeviceforthehostmonitor.
AtallothertimeswhentheCARESCAPEONEisconnectedtoa
hostmonitor,theCARESCAPEONEdisplayremainsoffandall
informationispresentedonthehostmonitoronly.
AlarmtransferfromCARESCAPEONEtoahostmonitor
WhentheCARESCAPEONEwithanactivepatientcase/admittedpatientandactiveor
latchedalarmsisconnectedtoahostmonitor,thesealarmswillbecomelatchedon
thehostmonitor.Transferredalarmsareconsiderednewerthantheexistingalarms
onthehostmonitor,whichaffectsthepriorityorderofthedisplayedalarms.Also
notethatafterconnection,CARESCAPEONEalarmsarereevaluatedagainstthehost
monitoralarmlimitsandmaybereactivated.IftheContinuemenuisopened,the
alarmtransferonlyhappensafteraselectionismade,meaningthatalarmevaluation
ishappeningindependentlyontheCARESCAPEONEandthehostmonitoruntila
selectionismade.
Checkingalarmfunction
1.Setaparameteralarmlimitoutsideofthecurrentmeasuredpatientvalues.
Forexample,connecttheSpO
2
sensorandadjusttheSpO
2
highlimitunderthe
measuredSpO
2
values.
2.Conrmthatthefollowingalarmnoticationeventsoccur:
●Theaudiblealarmsoundsthecorrecttone.
●Thealarmlightilluminates.
●TheSpO
2
numericvalueashesintheparameterwindowwiththecorrectcolor.
3.Audiopausethealarmsandconrmthatthealarmsarepausedandthatthe
alarmsilenceindicatorlightisasolidbluecolor.
4.Returntheparameteralarmlimittotheoriginalvalue.
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