GE CARESCAPE - Setting arrhythmia alarms; Selecting parameter alarm priority levels

Alarms
indicatorinthealarmadjustmentdialog.AlarmguardlimitsaresetintheCareUnit
Settingsandtheyarepasswordprotected.
Formoreinformation,seetheCARESCAPEModularMonitorsSupplemental
InformationManual.
Settingarrhythmiaalarms
YoucansetthearrhythmiaalarmsintheAlarmsSetupmenu,orintheECGmenu.
1.SelectAlarmSetupfromthemonitor’smainmenu.
2.SelecttheArrhythmiatab.
3.SelectLethalAlarms.
YoucannowselecttheAlarmPriority,CreateSnapshot,andPrintonAlarm
optionsperarrhythmia.
4.IfFullArrhythmialicenseisenabled,youcanalsoselectoptionsfortheAtrial
AlarmsandVentricularAlarms.
●VentricularAlarms:YoucanselecttheAlarmPriority,CreateSnapshot,and
PrintonAlarmoptions.
●AtrialAlarms:YoucanselecttheAlarmPriority,CreateSnapshot,andPrint
onAlarmoptions.Inaddition,youcansetthedetectioncriteriaforSVTachy:
SVTLength,HRforSVT/min,andPauseInterval.
Selectingparameteralarmprioritylevels
Escalatinganalarmpriorityincreasesthepriorityofthealarmconditionorincreases
thesenseofurgencyofanalarmsignal.Thealarmpriorityisbasedonclinical
considerations.
TheallowedprioritiesfordifferentalarmgroupsaredenedintheCareUnitSettings
andtheyarepasswordprotected.
Formoreinformation,seetheCARESCAPEModularMonitorsSupplemental
InformationManual.
1.SelectAlarmSetupfromthemonitor’smainmenu.
2.SelecttheAlarmPrioritiestab.
3.Selectthealarmgroup:ECG,InvasivePressures,orOtherParameters.
4.Selectthealarmanditspriorityfromthelist.
Selectablealarmsare:
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