GE CARESCAPE - 7 Alarms; Alarm warnings

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Alarms
Alarmwarnings
WARNING
Whenthealarmsareofforwhilealarmaudioispausedeither
temporarilyorindenitely,observethepatientfrequently.
WARNING
Alwaysmakesurethattheaudioalarmvolumelevelis
adequateinyourcareenvironment.
WARNING
Alwaysmakesurethatthealarmlightbrightnessisadequate
inyourcareenvironment.
WARNING
Alwaysmakesurethatnecessaryalarmlimitsareactiveand
setaccordingtothepatient'sclinicalconditionwhenyoustart
monitoringapatient.
WARNING
Verifyalarmprocessingisactiveandcheckthepatientto
ensurenoarrhythmiasoccurredduringapowerinterruption.
WARNING
Alwayscheckthealarmstatusafteraprolongedpower
interruption.
WARNING
Alarmsdonotsound,alarmhistoriesarenotstored,alarm
graphsdonotprint,andalarmsarenotsenttothenetwork
whenthealarmsareturnedoff.
WARNING
Alarmsdonotsoundandalarmsarenotsenttothe
CARESCAPENetworkduringAudioPause.
WARNING
Theaudiblealarmsignalmaybepausedtemporarilyfroma
centralstationorremotemonitor.
WARNING
Toavoidmisseddetectionofcriticalalarms,alwaysinform
personneldependentontheCARESCAPEmonitoralarmsof
remotealarmsilencingorpausinginteractions.
WARNING
Theperipheraldevice’salarmsmustnotbeturnedofforthe
volumereducedinanywaytodiminishtheimportanceofthe
peripheraldeviceastheprimaryalarmsourceforparameters
monitoredbytheperipheraldevice.
WARNING
Therearenoalarmindicationsuntilparameter-specicalarm
prerequisiteshavebeenmet.
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