GE CARESCAPE ONE - Auditory Information Signals; Parameter Alarms; Alarm Locks; Setting Parameter Alarm Limits

Alarms
Prioritylevel
Audiblesignals
HighMedium
Low
Informational
secondinterval
(user-selectable)
1
TheIECaudibletonepatternisthefactorydefaultsetting.
Auditoryinformationsignals
Themonitorperformsaself-diagnosticprocedureatstartupandgeneratesan
auditorytestsignal.Therearealsootherauditoryinformationsignalsindicatingthe
statusofsomeparametermeasurements.
Formoreinformation,seethesupplementalinformationprovided.
Parameteralarms
Alarmlocks
Alarmlockspreventparameteralarmlimitsfrombeingturnedoff.Whenanalarmis
locked,alockiconappearsnexttotheAlarmOn/AlarmOffsetting.Parameteralarm
locksaresetintheLockingSettingsandtheyarepasswordprotected.
Formoreinformation,seethesupplementalinformationprovided.
Settingparameteralarmlimits
ParameteralarmlimitsmaybesetintheAlarmsSetupmenu,orintheparameter
menus’ownAlarmstab.Alarmlimitsshouldnotbesetbeyondreasonable
physiologicalboundariesinordertomaintainpatientsafety.Settingoutsideof
reasonableboundarieswouldcausethealarmstobeineffective.
1.SelectAlarmsSetupfromthemainmenu.
2.SelecttheAlarmLimitstab.
3.Selectaparameterlabel.
Ifyouareunabletondaspecicparameter,selecttherightarrowtodisplay
additionallabels.Notethateachalarmgrouphasonecommonalarmadjustment
window.Ifallalarmsofanalarmgroup(likeNIBPsys/dia/mean)areturnedoff,
thealarmlimitsarereplacedbythealarmoffindicator:
Selectingaparameterlabeltakesyoutothatparametermenu’sAlarmstab
whereyoucanselectalarmsonoroff,andsettheirlimits.
Settingalarmlimitsautomatically
Whenselected,theAutoLimitsfeatureautomaticallysetsnewhighlimitandlowlimit
values,baseduponthecurrentphysiologicalvalue.TheAutoLimitsshouldonlybe
usedforpatientswhosecurrentlymeasuredvaluesareconsideredsafe.
1.SelectAlarmsSetupfromthemainmenu.
2.SelecttheAlarmLimitstab.
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