GE CARESCAPE - Audible and visual alarm signals; Auditory information signals; Audible alarms off behavior

Alarms
Thelowerthenumber,thequieterthealarmvolume.Notethattheminimumallowed
alarmvolumelevelsaresetintheCareUnitSettings.
Audibleandvisualalarmsignals
Alarmsignalsindicatethatanalarmconditionispresent.Thealarmprioritylevelsare
indicatedbyvisualandaudiblesignals.Thevisualandaudiblealarmsignalsassume
thatthepatientmonitorandtheoperatorarewithinthepatientenvironment(1.5
meters).
WhenphysiologicalalarmmessagesarereceivedfromothermonitorsontheS/5
Network,onlythemostrecentandhighestprioritymessageisshown.Thereareno
ashingnumericsorbackgroundcolor.Nomessagesareshownintheparameter
windowarea.
Thefollowingtablelistsalarmsignalsfordifferentalarmprioritylevels:
Prioritylevel
Signal
HighMedium
Low
Informational
Parameterwindow
physiologicaldatavalues
Blacktextashesinside
aredbox.
Blacktextashes
insideayellowbox.
Blacktextinsidea
cyan(blue)box.
Notapplicable.
AlarmareaWhitetextinsideared
box.
Blacktextinsidea
yellowbox.
Blacktextinsidea
cyan(blue)box.
Blacktextinsidea
greybox.
Waveformeldmessages
TextTextTextText
Audibletonepattern
1
(IEC
60601-1-8)
Repeatspatternof2*5
beeptones
Repeatspatternof
3-beeptones
1-beeptone
None
Audibletonepattern
(legacy)
Repeatspatternof
3-beeptones(crisis)
Repeatspattern
of2-beeptone
(warning)
1-beeptone
(advisory)
None
Alarmlightindicator
2
FlashesredFlashesyellowSolidblueNoeffect
Automaticviewonalarm
audibletonepattern
Usercongurable
3
Usercongurable
3
Usercongurable
3
None
1
TheIECaudibletonepatternisthefactorydefaultsetting.
2
Whentheaudiblealarmsareturnedofforarepaused,thealarmAudiopause/offareaoftheAlarmlightisasolid
bluecolor.
3
TheAVOAaudiblealarmtonepatternmaybeconguredtomatchthelocalmonitor’saudibletonepattern,repeata
patternoftwobeeptones,beeptwiceuponactivationbyanalarmcondition,orbeturnedoff.ForconguringtheAVOA
audiblealarmtonepattern,seetheCARESCAPEModularMonitorsSupplementalInformationManual.
Auditoryinformationsignals
Themonitorperformsaself-diagnosticprocedureatstart-upandgeneratesan
auditorytestsignal.Therearealsootherauditoryinformationsignalsindicatingthe
statusofsomeparametermeasurements.
Formoreinformation,seetheCARESCAPEModularMonitorsSupplemental
InformationManual.
Audiblealarmsoffbehavior
DependingontheAudioAlarmdefaultsettingsconguredduringinstallation,you
canturnonorturnoffaudiblealarms.
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