GE CARESCAPE - Setting the arrhythmia category to alarm; Setting arrhythmia alarms; Setting the alarm pause interval

ECG
ShownonthemonitorShownatremotedeviceslikecentral
stations
MultifocalPVCs
PVC
Missingbeat
Pause
Settingthearrhythmiacategorytoalarm
DependingonwhathasbeenallowedintheCareUnitSettings>Parameters>ECG>
AllowedArrh.Levels,youcanselectdifferentarrhythmiacategoriestoalarm.
1.SelecttheHRparameterwindow.
2.SelecttheArrhythmiatab.
3.SelectLethalAlarms.
4.Selectthearrhythmiacategoryyouwanttoalarm:
●Full:Allarrhythmiasalarm.
●Lethal:Onlylethalarrhythmiasalarm.
●Off:Noarrhythmiaalarmsaregenerated.
Settingarrhythmiaalarms
WhilemonitoringECG,youcanadjustthesettingsforarrhythmiaalarmconditions.
1.SelecttheHRparameterwindow.
2.SelecttheArrhythmiatab.
3.SelectLethalAlarms,VentricularAlarms,orAtrialAlarms.
VentricularAlarmsandAtrialAlarmsareonlyadjustablewiththefullarrhythmia
license.
4.Selectanarrhythmiafromthelist.
5.Selectthearrhythmiaalarm’sAlarmPrioritywiththearrows.
6.SelectthecheckboxforCreateSnapshotifyouwishtoactivateanarrhythmia
snapshotcreation.
7.SelectthecheckboxforPrintonAlarmifyouwishtoactivateprintingduring
arrhythmiaalarm.
Forarrhythmiaalarmwaveformprinting,theprintingwillcontinueuntil20
secondshaspassedfromtheclearanceofthelastactivearrhythmiaalarm(e.g.,
10secondssaveddata,arrhythmiaalarmduration+20secondsdata).
Settingthealarmpauseinterval
WithTRAMorcombinationmonitoringthissettingisalways3secondsandcannot
beedited.
Youcansetthetimeintervalbetweenthetwoadjacentbeatsbeforethepausealarm
conditionisannunciated.
1.SelecttheHRparameterwindow.
2.SelecttheArrhythmiatab.
3.SelectAtrialAlarms.
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