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Managing Patients
Limitations
CAUTION
ALARM NOTIFICATION—A maximum of four monitors can be
displayed in the message line at one time, even if more than four
monitors are alarming. Because of this limitation, automatic view on
alarm should not be used in place of a central station.
The following conditions prevent an alarming monitor from automatically displaying
on another monitor:
If any of the following menus are active:
CHANGE ADMIT INFO or UNITS OF MEASURE.
Any automatic view on alarm configuration.
If any of the following information windows are open:
Any LEARN THE MONITOR.
ECG SOURCE (COMBO).
UNIT NAME, BED NUMBER and CONFIRM BED NUMBER
(ROVER).
ALL LIMITS, ARRHYTHMIA ALARM LEVEL, PARAMETER ALARM
LEVEL or any parameter alarm limit.
SELECT A BED TO VIEW, SELECT A BED TO AUTOVIEW, SELECT
A CARE UNIT.
If any of the following functions are being performed or updated:
PA WEDGE, PA INSERT/WEDGE.
CARDIAC OUTPUT.
CARDIAC CALCS.
PULMONARY CALCS.
DOSE CALCS.
NOTE
If an alarming monitor is blocked, text alarm messages are still available and you
can manually access the alarm event.
Custom Defaults
All monitors in a care unit have the same factory or custom defaults. To permanently
change the these settings, refer to Defining Custom Defaults on page 3-7.
The following options control how and when other monitors are viewed on a host
monitor. Some settings are only available for a specific software option.