GE CARESCAPE - Setting the NIBP display format; NIBP alarms; Setting NIBP alarms; Silenced NIBP alarms

Non-invasivebloodpressure
2.SettheCompletedNIBPVolume.
Thelowerthevalue,thesofterthetone.
SettingtheNIBPdisplayformat
1.SelecttheNIBPparameterwindow.
2.SelecttheformatfromtheDisplayFormatlist:
●Sys/Dia(Mean):Allvaluesareshown,butthesys/diavaluesareshownina
biggerfont.
●(Mean)Sys/Dia:Allvaluesareshown,butthemeanvalueisshowninabigger
font.
NIBPalarms
SettingNIBPalarms
1.SelecttheNIBPparameterwindow.
2.SelecttheAlarmstab.
3.SelectSystolic(SYS),Mean(M),orDiastolic(DIA)pressure.
Ifthefeatureisnotactive,thealarmlimitsaregreyedout.SelectAlarmOnto
setthealarms.
4.Setthealarmlimits.
SilencedNIBPalarms
ThesilencealarmbehaviorisdifferentforNIBPthanforanyotherparameter.Unlike
thecontinuouslymonitoredparameters,NIBPismeasuredperiodically.Asaresult,
silencingaphysiologicalNIBPalarmwillclearthatactivealarmuntilthenextNIBP
measurementistaken.Ifthenewmeasurementisoutsidethealarmlimits,thealarm
isactivatedagain.
NIBPrecheckafteralarmviolation
NOTE
PDMandPSMonly.
IftheNIBPvalueexceedsthealarmlimitsandtheNIBPalarmpriorityselectionis
Escalating,anewmeasurementtakesplaceautomatically.IftheNIBPmeasurement
istakenmanually,therecheckmeasurementistakenimmediatelyaftertherst
measurement.WhentheNIBPmeasurementistakenautomatically,therecheck
measurementisdelayedby30secondsbeforethesecondmeasurementistaken.
NIBPmeasurementdescription
TheacquisitionmodulesuseoscillometrictechnologytoacquireNIBP.Oscillometry
isthemostcommonlyusedmeansofindirectbloodpressuremeasurementin
automateddevices.Itisbasedontheprinciplethatpulsatilebloodowthroughan
arterycreatesoscillationsofthearterialwall.
Oscillometricdevicesuseabloodpressurecufftosensetheseoscillationsthatappear
astinypulsationsincuffpressure.Bymeasuringandanalyzingatvariouscuff
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