GE CARESCAPE - Alarm priority levels; Alarm priority escalation; Physiological alarms’ activation criteria

Alarms
●Technicalalarmconditionsaretriggeredbyanelectrical,mechanical,orother
failureoftheequipment,orbyfailureofasensororcomponent.Technicalalarm
conditionsmayalsobecausedwhenanalgorithmcannotclassifyorinterpretthe
availabledata.Thevisualmanifestationofatechnicalalarmisactiveaslongas
thereasonforthatalarmexists.
￭Certaintechnicalalarmscanbedeactivatedwiththepauseaudiokey.The
AlarmDeactivationsettingisconguredintheCareUnitSettingsandit
ispasswordprotected.Formoreinformation,seetheCARESCAPEModular
MonitorsSupplementalInformationManual.
Alarmprioritylevels
Physiologicalandtechnicalalarmsarecategorizedbyprioritylevel:
●Highpriorityalarmsrequireanimmediateresponse.
●Mediumpriorityalarmsrequireapromptresponse.
●Lowpriorityalarmsrequireyoutobeawareofthiscondition.
●Informationalprioritymessagesprovideinformationyoushouldknow.
NOTE
Informationalmessagesarenotsenttothenetwork,and
theyareneverlatched.
Alarmpriorityescalation
Anescalatingalarmstartsatadesignatedprioritylevel(lowormedium)andwill
escalatetothenexthigherprioritylevelofalarm(afterasetnumberofseconds)ifthe
alarmconditionhasnotbeenresolved.Itisimportanttonotethattheseescalateup
tothenextlevelbutwillnotresetuntiltheconditionhasbeenresolved.
NOTE
Alarmpriorityescalationaffectsthecurrentlyongoingalarm
condition,notanyfuturealarmsofthesametype.Anynew
alarmswillalarmattheirdesignatedprioritylevel,notatthe
escalatedlevel.
Formoreinformation,seetheCARESCAPEModularMonitorsSupplemental
InformationManual.
Physiologicalalarms’activationcriteria
Physiologicalalarmshaveindividualactivationcriteriaasshowninthetable.Alarm
annunciationdoesnotdependoncaseactivity.
Parameter
Alarmactivationcriteria
ECG
Activemeasurementfor30seconds.
ImpedancerespirationActivemeasurementfor30seconds.
SpO
2
Activemeasurementfor60seconds.
NIBP
Manual,Auto,orStatmodestarted.
IP
Activemeasurementfor30seconds.
Temperature
Activeassoonasmeasurementreadingsareavailable.
C.O.
Activeassoonascontinuousmeasurementreadingsareavailablefromthe
UnityNetworkInterfaceDevice(ID).
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