GE CARESCAPE - Alarm cautions; Alarm overview; Alarm types; Alarm conditions

Alarms
WARNING
IfAlarmSetup>Audible&Visual>PauseAllAudiofor5min
orthe2minuteaudiopauseisselectedbeforeanalarmis
triggered,onlythealarmsforhypoxicgasmixture(FiO2low,
EtO2low,FiN2Ohigh),andthealarmfordangerouslyhigh
airwaypressure(Ppeakhigh:measuredPpeakexceedsthe
sethighalarmlimitby10cmH
2
O)willbreakthrough.The
pauseaudiobehaviorisconguredintheCareUnitSettings
andthesettingispasswordprotected.
WARNING
WhenconnectingPDMorTRAM,theloadedIPlabelsmay
affectthechannellabelingofotheralreadyconnected
channels,andconsequentlyalsothealarmlimits.
WARNING
B650,B450:Secondarydisplaysdonotsoundaudiblealarms.
Keepthepatientunderclosesurveillance.
WARNING
B850:UsingotherdisplaysthantheB850systemspecicones
mayresultinlossofvisualalarmsandpatientmonitoring.
WARNING
Donotconnectamonochromedisplaytothemonitor.Visual
alarmindicatorsmaynotappearproperly.
Alarmcautions
CAUTION
Reducingthephysiologicalalarms’prioritylevelslowerthan
thedefaultlevelcanleadtomisseddetectionofserious
eventsandthereforetoadversepatientoutcome.Ifyou
adjusttheprioritylevelsfornon-lethalarrhythmias,FiCO
2
and/orEtCO
2
alarmslowerthanthedefaultvalue,keepthe
patientunderclosesurveillance.
Alarmoverview
Alarmtypes
Themonitorprovidestwotypesofalarmsettings,systemandpatient-specic.System
alarmsettingsaresetgloballyacrossanentirecareenvironment.Theyarecongured
atthetimeofinstallationandarepasswordprotected.Examplesofcongurable
systemalarmsettingsare:
●Minimumalarmvolumeallowed
●Audioandalarmlightoffallowed
●Absolute(Guard)limitsetting
Patient-specicalarmsettingsareindividualized,basedonapatient’scurrent
condition.Examplesofbedsidealarmsettingsare:
●Parameteralarmlimits
●Arrhythmiaalarmprioritysettings
Alarmconditions
●Physiologicalalarmconditionsaretriggeredbyapatientmeasurementbeing
outsidetheparameterlimits,byapnea,orbyanarrhythmiacondition.
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