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Alarms
WARNING
Amaximumoffourbedscanbedisplayedinthealarmarea
atonetime,vebedswhennolocalalarmsarepresent.Do
notuseautomaticviewonalarm(AVOA)asareplacementfor
aprimaryalarmsourceorasacentralstation.
WARNING
Onlythemostrecent,highestpriorityalarmissenttoremote
devicesontheCARESCAPENetwork.Therefore,lessrecent
alarmsofequalorlowerprioritymaynotbedisplayedormay
notbeindicatedwiththeirassociatedpriorityremotely.
WARNING
Alarmmessagesmaynotbevisibleonthealarmdisplayarea
whenthreehigherpriorityalarmsareactive.
WARNING
Alarmmessagesmaynotbevisibleonthealarmdisplayarea
whenonehigherprioritylocalalarmandfourremotealarms
areactive.
WARNING
Latchedalarmsarenotretainedthroughamonitorresetifthe
alarmconditionhasbeenremoved.
WARNING
Thesecondaryalarmsystemshallnotberelieduponfor
receiptofalarmsignals.
WARNING
Equipmentmalfunctions,networkdisconnection,nursecall
disconnection(B850),andalarmvolumesettingsmayresult
inmissedalarms.Alwayskeepthepatientunderclose
surveillance.
WARNING
—MIXEDENVIRONMENT—Ahazardcanexistwhenthesame
typeofmonitorsinthesamecareareaareusingdifferent
monitoringprolesanddefaultcongurationsettings.
WARNING
—MISSEDALARM—Donotrelyonreceiptofcertainalarm
conditionsatacentralstation,remotebedside,oralarm
noticationdevicewhenconnectedtotheCARESCAPE
Network.Noticationofanyofthesealarmswillonlybe
givenwhenitisthemostrecent,highestpriorityactivealarm
comingfromthebedsidemonitor.Thisappliestothoselimit
alarmsandtechnicalalarmsthataredenedasbroadcast
onlyalarmsinthismanual.
WARNING
Reducingthephysiologicalalarms’prioritylevelslowerthan
thedefaultlevelcanleadtomisseddetectionofcriticalevents
andthereforetoadversepatientoutcome.Ifyouadjust
theprioritylevelsforVTach,Tachy,Brady,HRhigh/low,
PRhigh/low,SpO
2
low,RR(Impedance)high/low,RR(CO2)
high/low,Apnea(Impedance),Apnea(CO2),NIBP,IP,orCPP
alarmslowerthanthedefaultvalue,keepthepatientunder
closesurveillance.
WARNING
Reducingthetechnicalalarms’prioritylevelslowerthanthe
defaultlevelcanleadtomisseddetectionofcriticalevents
andthereforetoadversepatientoutcome.Ifyouadjust
theprioritylevelsforECGLeadsoff,NoisyECG,Arrhythmia
paused,Telemetrybatterylow,orSpO
2
probeoffalarms
lowerthanthedefaultvalue,keepthepatientunderclose
surveillance.
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