GE Dash 2500

4-6 Dash 2500 Patient Monitor 2042480-001 C
Alarms: Alarm Priorities
Crisis
A crisis alarm must be acknowledged by pushing the Silence Alarm hardkey
even if the alarming condition has been corrected.
Warning
A warning alarm continues until the alarming condition has been corrected.
Pushing the Silence Alarm hardkey will temporarily suspend the audible
indication.
Procedural
A procedural alarm continues until the alarming condition has been corrected.
Pushing the Silence Alarm hardkey will temporarily suspend the audible
indication.
Message
A message alarm has no audible indication. The visual indication will continue
until the alarming condition has been corrected.
what if... result
multiple crisis conditions
occur at the same time
alarm messages appear sequentially in alarm
message field; pushing Silence Alarm hardkey
once acknowledges all alarms
alarms have been silenced
and a new crisis alarm
occurs
new crisis alarm overrides silence; push Silence
Alarm hardkey to acknowledge
monitor is connected to
remote alarm
alarm cannot be acknowledged from remote
location; push Silence Alarm hardkey to
acknowledge
what if... result
alarms have been silenced
and a new warning alarm
occurs
new warning alarm DOES NOT override silence;
indication of new alarm will NOT be audible until
silence time period has ended
what if... result
alarms have been silenced
and a new procedural alarm
occurs
new procedural alarm DOES NOT override alarm
silence; indication of new alarm will NOT be
audible until silence time period has ended